For Advanced Craft Workshops, see the Study With Dean Page.

For Collection Classes, see the Study With Dean Page.

Adding Suspense Classic Workshop

A six week workshop to help you add suspense to all of your writing.

Character Voice: Classic Workshop

Six weeks of videos about everything you need to know about how to give characters a distinctive voice.

Classic Attitude in Writing Fiction

Attitude is Everything In Fiction Writing

Classic Author Voice

Help in developing your original author voice.

Classic Character and Dialogue

How to make sure your dialogue is creating great characters and advancing the story.

Classic Character Development

Developing a character throughout a story to make the character memorable.

Classic Cliffhangers Workshop

How to write the various types of cliffhangers to keep your readers moving forward.

Classic Covers 101

Learning How To Do Your Own Book Covers

Classic Emotion In Writing

Learning How To Add Emotions to Your Stories

Classic Heinlein’s Rules

Deep Dive Into Heinlein’s Five Rules of Business

Classic How To Use Tags

How to see and understand and use all the various types of tags in your fiction.

Classic Information Flow

Learning How To Control Your Reader

Classic Kickstarter

The Details of Putting a Kickstarter Campaign Together For Fiction Writers

Classic Licensing 101

Classic Licensing for Fiction Writers

Classic Magic Bakery Workshop

A Complete Look at a Fiction Writing Business

Classic Making a Living with Novels

Making a Living with Novels

Classic Media Kit Workshop

Putting Together a Media Kit for Any Book

Classic Novel Structure

A workshop to help you understand novel structure no matter what kind of novel you are writing.

Classic Pacing Workshop

How to pace your fiction to keep your readers engaged.

Classic Point of View

Learn some of the many techniques of writing powerful point of view in your fiction.

Classic Power Words

Learning How To Recognize and Write with Power Words

Classic Publishing 101

Detailed Steps to Becoming a Published Indie Writer

Classic Reaching Pulp Speed

Learning How to Reach Pulp Speed in Word Production

Classic Research in Fiction Writing

Understanding how to research effectively for fiction writing.

Classic Secrets in Craft

What are the secrets to writing better stories and novels?

Classic Speed Workshop

Everything you need to know about how to improve your fiction writing speed while writing clean.

Classic Writing Endings

How to write endings that will leave your readers wanting your next book.

Classic Writing Fantasy

How to write the best fantasy stories and series that you can.

Classic Writing Fiction Sales Copy

How to write active, interesting sales copy for your stories and novels.

Classic Writing Mysteries

How to write gripping mystery stories and novels and understand all the sub-genres as well.

Classic Writing Romance Fiction

Learning How To Write Romance Stories

Classic Writing Short Stories

A course in writing and marketing short stories.

Classic Writing Time Travel

All the Ins and Outs of Time Travel and How to Write It No Matter the Genre

Classic Writing Westerns

All the Ins and Outs of Writing Westerns

Editing Your Own Work Classic Workshop

A class to help you save time and energy on rewriting and editing and also help you save your stories.

Genre Structure Classic Workshop

The basics of writing genre of all types.

How To Study Classic Workshop

How to make the most of studying fiction writing.

Ideas to Story: Classic Workshop

How to take an idea and turn it into a story or novel.

Plotting With Depth Classic Workshop

How to use depth all the way through your novel to help readers stay in your book.

Productivity

How to become more productive with your fiction writing.

Reader Expectations Classic Workshop

How to understand what readers need from your story besides great writing.

Secondary Plot Lines Classic Workshop

Understanding secondary plot lines in a novel make the writing so much easier and your book more interesting.

Think Like a Publisher Classic Workshop

Knowing how to think like a publisher will help you grow your indie writing business.

Writing Science Fiction Classic Workshop

An Online Workshop on how to write in the science fiction genre.

Writing Series Classic Workshop

Six weeks of videos about everything you need to know about writing a successful series

Writing Thrillers

Writing fast-paced books that hold a reader.

Study Along Fantasy Caper Workshop
January 2023

A Fun Look at Writing Fantasy Caper Stories

Study Along Fantasy Thriller Workshop
July 2023

A Fun Look at Writing Fantasy Thriller Stories

Study Along Romance Ghosts Workshop
September 2023

A Fun Look at Writing Romance Ghost Stories

Study Along Romantic Suspense Workshop
May 2023

A Fun Look at Writing Romantic Suspense Stories

Study Along Science Fiction Mystery Workshop
January 2024

A Fun Look at Writing Science Fiction Mystery Stories

Study Along Time Travel Mystery Workshop
November 2023

A Fun Look at Writing Time Travel Mystery Stories

Study Along Time Travel Romance Workshop
March 2023

A Fun Look at Writing Time Travel Romance Stories

#1 Pop-Up… The Comic Greats!

Remembering the Comic Greats: Julius Schwartz, Len Wein, and Stan Lee

#2 Pop-Up… Your Own Bookstore

Now Very Easy and Very Possible to Sell Directly to Readers

#3 Pop-Up… Short Romance Fiction

The History and the Reason to Write Short Romance Fiction

#4 Pop-Up… Writing Clean First Draft

The Art of Writing a Clean First Draft

#5 Pop-Up… Remaining Focused

How to Stay Focuses On Your Writing for An Entire Year

#6 Pop-Up… Writing Mysteries into the Dark

The Art of Writing Mystery Novels into the Dark

#7 Pop-Up… Second-Hand Sales

Understanding Second-Hand Sales and How to Use Them to Help Build Readers and Fans

#8 Pop-Up… Kickstarter for Fiction Writers

Using Kickstarter to Promote Your Work and Make Some Money

#9 Pop-Up… The Author Problem

How to Get Out of Your Own Way in Publishing

#10 Pop-Up… Selling Fun for Fiction Writers

Ways to Keep Short Story Publishing Fun!

#11 Pop-Up… Thinking Big For Fiction Writers

How to Dream and Think Big As A Fiction Writer

#12 Pop-Up… Writing Flash Fiction

How to Write Successful Flash Fiction

#13 Pop-Up… As You Write

How to Do Worldbuilding, Create Characters, and Outline As You Write

#14 Pop-Up… Making a Living with Short Fiction

How to Make a Living Writing Only Short Stories

#15 Pop-Up… You’re Stuck! Now What?

How to Get Your Writing Moving Again

#16 Pop-Up… Writing Business Structure

Some Ideas On How to Structure a Writing Business to Make More Money

#17 Pop-Up… Locked-Room Mysteries

Some Ideas On How to Write Locked-Room Mysteries

#18 Pop-Up… Nothing’s Good Enough

How to Keep Critical Voice from Stopping Your Writing

#19 Pop-Up… How Can Your Business Survive the Downturn

How Can Your Business Survive the Downturn

#20 Pop-Up… Learning How To Work From Home

Learning How To Work From Home

#21 Pop-Up… Fear of Success

Learning How Fear of Success Holds You Back

#22 Pop-Up… Dealing with Toxic People

Learn How to Deal with Toxic People Around You At All Levels

#23 Pop-Up… How to Write a Novella

Learn How to Write a Novella

#24 Pop-Up… Science Fiction World Building

Learn How to Build Worlds in Science Fiction

#25 Pop-Up… Creating Believable Aliens

Creating Believable Aliens in Science Fiction

#26 Pop-Up… Living in Space

How to Write Characters Who Are Living In Space

#27 Pop-Up… How to Write to Order

How to Write to Order

#28 Pop-Up… How to Write Likable or
Memorable Characters

How to Write Likable or Memorable Characters

#29 Pop-Up… Epic Fantasy World Building

How to Write Epic Fantasy World Building

#30 Pop-Up… Creating Believable Epic Fantasy Names

Creating Believable Epic Fantasy Names

#31 Pop-Up… Writing Epic Fantasy Series

Writing Epic Fantasy Series

#32 Pop-Up… Using History to Write Fantasy

Using History to Write Fantasy

#33 Pop-Up… Born on Page One Problem

Born on Page One Problem

#34 Pop-Up… Freedoms Indie Publishing Brings

Freedoms in Publishing and Writing

#35 Pop-Up… Creating Tension in Writing

Ways of Creating Tension in Your Writing

#36 Pop-Up… Publishing Your Own Magazine

Positives and Negatives of Publishing Your Own Magazine

#37 Pop-Up… Culture Building in Space Opera

How to Build Cultures in Your Space Opera

#38 Pop-Up… Writing MacGuffins in Mystery and
Science Fiction

Writing MacGuffins

#39 Pop-Up… Flexibility in Business

Flexibility in Business… MBC

#40 Pop-Up… When They Do It Wrong

Getting Inspiration from Things You Hate

#41 Pop-Up… Writers’ Deadly Delusions

Delusions That Can Kill a Writing Career

#42 Pop-Up… Learn from the Pulp Writers

What You Can Learn from the Pulp Writers

#43 Pop-Up… Can I Sell Without Promotion?

Can I Sell Fiction Without Promotion?

#44 Pop-Up… Side Hustle for Writers

Side Hustle for Writers

#45 Pop-Up… How to Make Your Red Herrings Invisible

How to Make Your Red Herrings Invisible

#46 Pop-Up… How to Use Existing Systems to Add Tension

How to Use Existing Systems to Add Tension

#47 Pop-Up… How to Write Mystery without Murder

How to Write Mystery without Murder

#48 Pop-Up… How to Create Automatic Depth

How to Create Automatic Depth

#49 Pop-Up… The Real Value of Your Writing

The Real Value of Your Writing

#50 Pop-Up… Stamina and Strategies to Write a Lot

Stamina and Strategies to Write a Lot

#51 Pop-Up… Writing About Family Holidays

Writing About Family Holidays (Without Pissing Off Your Family)

#52 Pop-Up… Bring On the Roast Beast

Writing About Food Over the Holidays

#53 Pop-Up… Subverting Santa

How To Write About the Santa Archetype and Make it Your Own

#54 Pop-Up… Holiday Landmines

How to Use or Avoid Holiday Landmines in Your Writing

#55 Pop-Up… Series Strategies

Publishing and Business Strategies for Series

#56 Pop-Up… Stand Alone Novel Strategies

Basic Publishing and Business Strategies for Stand Alone Novels

#57 Pop-Up… Short Stories Strategies

Basic Publishing and Business Strategies for Short Stories

#58 Pop-Up… Non-Fiction Strategies

Basic Publishing and Business Strategies for Nonfiction

#59 Pop-Up… Crowd Funding Strategies

Basic Publishing and Business Strategies for Crowdfunding

#60 Pop-Up… Studying Mystery Openings

Basic Who, What, and How to Study Mystery Openings

#61 Pop-Up… Studying Mystery Cliffhangers

Basic Who, What, and How to Study Mystery Cliffhangers

#62 Pop-Up… Studying Mystery Main Characters

Basic Who, What, and How to Study Mystery Main Characters

#63 Pop-Up… Studying Mystery Villains

Basic Who, What, and How to Study Mystery Villains

#64 Pop-Up… Studying Mystery Romance

Basic Who, What, and How to Study Mystery Romance

#65 Pop-Up… Studying Mystery Tropes

Basic Who, What, and How to Study Mystery Tropes

#66 Pop-Up… Studying Mystery Themes

Basic Who, What, and How to Study Mystery Themes

#67 Pop-Up… Studying Mystery Series

Basic Who, What, and How to Study Mystery Series

#68 Pop-Up… Studying Mystery Voice

Basic Who, What, and How to Study Mystery Voice

#70 Pop-Up… World Building Inside the Solar System

World Building Suggestions for Setting Inside the Solar System

#71 Pop-Up… World Building Inside Our Local Galaxy Sector

World Building Suggestions for Setting Inside Our Local Galaxy Sector

#72 Pop-Up… World Building Inside Our Full Galaxy

World Building Suggestions for Setting Inside Our Full Galaxy

#73 Pop-Up… World Building On a Colony Planet

World Building Suggestions for a Colony Planet

#74 Pop-Up… World Building In the Near Future

World Building Suggestions for the Near Future

#75 Pop-Up… World Building In the Far Future

World Building Suggestions for the Far Future

#76 Pop-Up… World Building In Historical Science Fiction

World Building Suggestions for Historical Science Fiction

#77 Pop-Up… World Building In Alternate World
Science Fiction

World Building Suggestions for Alternate World Science Fiction

#78 Pop-Up… World Building Inside Spaceships

World Building Suggestions for Inside Spaceships

#79 Pop-Up… World Building Inside A Generation Ship

World Building Suggestions for Inside A Generation Ship

13 Tips of the Week Third Quarter

A Weekly Tip on Writing, Publishing, and the Business of Publishing.

13 Different Tips of the Week

A Weekly Tip on Writing, Publishing, and the Business of Publishing.

13 Writing Tips of the Week
(2nd Quarter 2018)

13 Tips on Writing, Publishing, and the Business of Publishing.

Advanced Lecture on Copyright

14 videos to help writers understand copyright.

Advanced Lecture On Movie and Television Negotiations for Fiction Writers

Advanced Business Lecture for Writers: The Basics of Movie and Television Negotiations for Writers. 11 videos.

Carving Out Time for Your Writing

8 videos by Dean Wesley Smith on how to find time to write in your busy life.

Confidence

10 videos by Dean Wesley Smith about how to increase your confidence and stop doing the things that kill confidence.

Corporations for Writers
Advanced Business Lectures for Writers:

Corporations. 12 videos on what is possible for writers using corporations.

Designing a Science Fiction Cover

In 8 videos, Allyson Longueira covers the basics of designing a science fiction cover

Designing Mystery, Cozy, and Thriller Covers

8 videos by Allyson Longueira about the basics of mystery cover design

Fiction Writing Myths… Lecture Series #1: Creation

The First Five Lectures on the Myths of Fiction Writing

Fiction Writing Myths… Lecture Series #2: Roadblocks

The Second Five Lectures on the Myths of Fiction Writing

How to Research for a Fiction Writer

14 videos by Kristine Kathryn Rusch on how to work research into your writing life.

How to Write a Page-Turning Story

8 videos by Dean Wesley Smith about the basics of writing page-turning novels

How to Write a Short Story: The Basics

7 long videos by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, award-winning writer and editor

IP Valuation Lecture

You create copyright, a property. This lecture will help you understand the value of your creation.

Lecture 13 Tips of the Week

13 Tips on Writing, Publishing, and the Business of Publishing from the First Quarter of 2018

Lessons From the Writing of the Fey

Video Lessons From the Writing of the Fey

Master Plot Formula

9 videos by Dean Wesley Smith on why Lester Dent’s plot structure works today

Motivation

9 videos by Dean Wesley Smith to help you get to the computer and stay there.

Organization

8 videos on how to get your indie or small press publishing company organized.

Paying the Price

Dean Wesley Smith talks in ten videos about the hard prices writers often pay to succeed.

Pen Names: How and When To Write Under a Pen Name

10 videos by Dean Wesley Smith, award-winning writer under more pen names than he can count.

Practice

10 videos by Dean Wesley Smith about how to practice your fiction

Prolific

10 Videos by Dean Wesley Smith, one of the most prolific authors working today.

Read Like a Writer

8 videos by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, award-winning writer and editor

Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

10 videos by Dean Wesley Smith will help you understand all aspects of reviews.

Short Stories to Novels

9 videos by Dean Wesley Smith on various ways to turn a short story into a novel.

Stages of a Fiction Writer

11 videos by Dean Wesley Smith will help you understand where you are as a fiction writer

Starting or Restarting Your Writing

9 videos by Dean Wesley Smith on either starting writing for the first time or restarting.

Taxes for Writers

Awareness for writers on how to save money on taxes.

Think Like a Science Fiction Writer

11 videos by Kristine Kathryn Rusch to help you think like a science fiction writer

Tip of the Week Lectures 1st Quarter 2019

13 Weekly Tips on Publishing, and the Business of Publishing.

Tip of the Week Lectures 2nd Quarter 2019

13 Tips of the Week 2nd Quarter 2019

Wills and Estates for Writers
Advanced Business Lectures for Writers: Wills and Estates.

13 videos to help you understand what you need to do.

Writer’s Block and Procrastination

8 videos by prolific writer Dean Wesley Smith to help you get moving with your writing.

Writing as Investment

9 videos by Dean Wesley Smith to help you understand how and why to think of your writing as an investment.

Writing Endings

9 videos by Dean Wesley Smith to help you understand how to write endings to keep readers coming back to your work.

Writing into the Dark

12 videos by Dean Wesley Smith on how and why to write a novel without an outline.

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#1… Quick Solutions… How to Make More Than Coffee Money

A Very Real Look at How to Increase Book Sales

#2… Quick Solutions… Advanced Writing Into the Dark

Advanced Writing Into the Dark Suggestions and Techniques

Business Attitude

A Master Business Class

Copyright: The Nuts and Bolts

A Master Business Class

Economics of Scale

A Master Business Class

Future Series #1: Refresh and Renew

The First in a Four-Part Workshop Series About How to Think About the Future

Future Series #2: Opportunities

The Second in a Four-Part Workshop Series About How to Think About the Future

Future Series #3: Structure

The Third in a Four-Part Workshop Series About How to Think About the Future

Future Series #4: Patience

The Fourth in a Four-Part Workshop Series About How to Think About the Future

Kickstarter Best Practices for Fiction Writers

All the Ins and Outs of a Fiction Kickstarter

Licensing Transition

From IP to License.

Master Business Class

Online Master Business Class

Novella Fantasy Caper Add-On January 2023

Writing a Fantasy Caper Novella

Series Interviews… Interviews with
Kristine Kathryn Rusch about 10 of Her Series

All 10 Series Interviews Together in One Place

Shared Worlds

All The Details of How to Do Shared Worlds

TIP OF THE WEEK

A Weekly Tip on Writing, Publishing, and the Business of Publishing.

The Great Challenge

Challenge Yourself… Write a Short Story Every Week

The Great Novel Challenge

Challenge Yourself… Write a Novel Every Two Months

The Great Novella Challenge

Challenge Yourself… Write a Novella Every Month

The Great Publishing Challenge

Challenge Yourself… Publish a Book Every Month

Future Workshops Series Bundle

All Four of the Future Workshops In One Place

The Decade Ahead: Bundle

All Four Quarters of 2022 The Decade Ahead Classes

Motivational Monday 1st Quarter 2022

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

Motivational Monday 2nd Quarter 2022

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

Motivational Monday 3rd Quarter 2022

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

Motivational Monday 4th Quarter 2022

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

Motivational Monday Full Year 2022

Every Monday Three Motivational Videos On Writing and Publishing

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All Six Advanced Business Lectures in One Place for a Reduced Price

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