The Milk House provides online writing classes to help authors improve their craft and increase the likelihood of being published in literary journals. The ability to write is not a gift that anyone is born with, but instead one that must be earned draft by draft, sentence by sentence.
The writing courses on The Milk House are delivered at university standards while accessible to writers of all levels. They are inclusive, supportive, yet detailed and comprehensive to ensure all participants get the most out of them. The instructor, Ryan Dennis, has taught over 20 writing courses across four universities.
All classes will be recorded, so those you can’t attend a session can still get the information. Those who feel they did not gain enough from a course will receive their money back. If you would like to attend a course but cannot afford it, please email RyanDennis@themilkhouse.org.
Upcoming Online Writing Classes
Beginner and Intermediate Fiction Writing
Sundays, 6pm-8pm GMT (Ireland)/ 1pm-3pm EST (New York)
March 24th to May 19th, 2024
This 8-week course explores specific, craft-based techniques to significantly improve your fiction. From concept to the words on the page, the material will be delivered at a university level, but will be accessible and useful to writers of all experience. Beginning and intermediate writers, in particular, will have a lot to gain from each class.
Topics covered include: characterization, showing vs telling, dialogue, point of view, narrative distance, interior monologue, writing emotion, pacing, sentence work and workshopping skills. (Note: There’s no class on Easter Sunday, March 31st.)
Cost: $185
You can register or find more details here.
Recent Online Writing Classes
Free Writing Classes
If you want to try out a class before committing to the above course, or would simply like to learn new writing skills, sign up below for one of these free online writing classes. After filling out the form you will receive the Zoom link before the class start date. (Check your spam filter. If you haven’t received the link within 24 hours please email RyanDennis@themilkhouse.org.)
Writing Action
Sunday, March 10th, 2024 6-7pm GMT/2-3pm EST
An intense, exciting action sequence doesn’t happen by accident. For one hour we will break down the craft of maximizing the reader’s enjoyment of big events in a story, drawing on various elements at our disposal.
Dialogue Mechanics
Sunday, February 25th, 2024 6-7pm GMT/1-2pm EST
In this one-hour class, we looked at speaker attributes, dialogue tags, and everything else involved in how speech is placed on the page. This class gave the writer the ability to significantly improve their dialogue with some simple but important edits.