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Master the English language. Gain confidence in your ability to produce clean, grammatically correct documents and speeches. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser. Please note: this course teaches American English grammar. Also, this course is not designed for ESL students. If you are an ESL student, please consider enrolling in Grammar for ESL Students with Sabri Bebawi.

If English is your second language and you're headed for college, you will find this class to be very valuable. This course will provide you with an in-depth analysis of English grammar and structure so that you will be more prepared to succeed in any class taught in English. This course is designed for intermediate to advanced level ESL students. A basic understanding of English grammar is necessary. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Are you looking for a way to being? Begin with an exercise that will fling you into the process of creative writing. Discuss ways to keep that process flowing in the midst of our busy lives. Look at the work of other writers, with an eye toward sharpening your own writing technique and developing your own voice on the page. Share your work and receive feedback from other writers. Current writers are welcome, but no experience is necessary for this class, only the desire to write. A $19 textbook fee is payable to the instructor at the first class.

If you're a determined new writer, this class will provide you with the skills you need to get published. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Banish writer's block forever with these tricks from the published writer's toolbox. Requirements: Internet access, email, Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

This course will help you create your best possible work, whether you're looking to be published or simply wish to craft beautiful poems for friends. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Learn the skills you need to succeed in the well-paying field of technical writing. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser, and Microsoft Word XP or Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word 97.

A Hollywood writer and author teaches you how professional writers use story outlines to structure any type of story. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Learn the fundamentals of top-notch editing for both fiction and nonfiction. If already working as an editor, brush up on your skills and learn about recent advances in your profession. If you're a writer, learn essential self-editing tools to give your manuscripts the professional look that publishers like to see. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser. Although this course will teach English grammar, punctuation, and style, you must be fluent in English and have a better than average spelling ability.

Do you write technical documents? Would you like to learn how to write them better? This course will teach you how to polish your writing and improve the effectiveness of your technical documentation. Learn how to choose the right words, write powerful sentences and paragraphs that flow, use technical terms, improve your grammar and punctuation, use graphics, and format your technical documents. Requirements: Experience writing technical documentation or successful completion of Janet Underwood's Fundamental of Technical Writing or another business or technical writing course. Word processor, Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Develop your eye for detail and improve your writing with vivid descriptions, memorable settings, and believable characters. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Learn the secrets behind forensic science and add new character, depth, and marketability to your fiction. Requirements: A basic knowledge of high school science, Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Increase writing confidence, beat writer's block, manage time, negotiate writing fees, write, and live your dreams. Learn advanced methods to create and write like the professionals--whether you're launching a career or seeking personal satisfaction through writing. In Writeriffic II, you'll learn to be the writer you've always wanted to be and have fun, too. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

If you've dreamed of writing creatively, this course is a great place to start. Get a taste of the writing life, improve your writing skills, and discover new ways to stretch your creative muscles. This isn't school as you know it. It's an in-depth writing experience filled with challenging hands-on exercises, expert advice, and plenty of direct support and encouragement. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Your success in the writing game will be determined by the amount of credibility publishers attach to you and your work. This course, taught by a published author, will help gain that credibility. You'll discover powerful shortcuts most other writers still haven't learned after many years of trying to get published. If you really want to be a writer, this step-by-step course will give you all the tools you need to get published--again and again and again. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer, Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Published children's author shows you how to touch the heart of children by creating books for them. Requirements: Access to a library or bookstore that stocks children's books, Microsoft Word or other word processing software, Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Using vivid examples from bestselling mystery novels, this course will teach you the techniques you need to become a successful author. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Learn the most efficient and effective methods to conduct research for any writing project. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Discover the secret to transforming your tired, boring resume into a powerful tool that will get you interviews. Requirements: Experience with any version of Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, or any other word processor; Internet access, email, Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Learn how to write and sell romance novels from veteran romance author. Requirements: Internet access, e-mail, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Explore advanced fiction writing techniques with a published novelist. Requirements Internet access, e-mail, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.

Learn from a veteran TV comedy writer how to write professional sitcom scripts and how to break into show business. Requirements: Internet access, e-mail, and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Miozilla Firefox Web browser.

Profit from your experiences in exotic lands (or your own backyard) by learning how to write and sell travel articles and books. Requirements: Internet access, email, and the Internet Explorer or Netscape or Firefox Web browser.