Creative Writing with Margaret Atwood

Learn the timeless storytelling principles of one of the most influential writers of our time. Margaret Atwood guides you through practical techniques to express ideas with clarity, structure your thinking, and communicate more effectively in any professional or creative context.

Lo que aprenderás

  • How to build nuanced characters that make your writing more human and relatable.
  • Ways to structure complex narratives and long-form content with clarity and flow.
  • Techniques for writing purposeful, natural dialogue.
  • How to understand the difference between story and plot and apply this to any type of communication.
  • How point of view shapes perception and strengthens your message.
  • Practical tools to refine your prose for clarity, simplicity, and impact.
  • How to manage pacing and time to keep your audience engaged.
  • Strategies to overcome creative blocks and establish productive writing habits.
  • Methods for revising and polishing your work before sharing it.
  • Insights into the professional and creative sides of writing and publishing.
  • Approaches to speculative thinking that help you explore ideas, challenge assumptions, and improve your creativity.

Docente/Instructor

Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
Award-Winning Novelist
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Docente/Instructor

Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood
Award-Winning Novelist

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COURSE CONTENTS
This course includes a full series of on-demand video lessons where Margaret Atwood explains her creative process, analyzes examples from her own work, and breaks down essential techniques for writing with clarity and intention.

  • Introduction
  • Getting Started as a Writer
  • Story and Plot
  • Structuring Your Novel: Layered Narratives and Other Variations
  • Who Tells the Story: Narrative Point of View
  • Point of View Case Studies
  • Bringing characters to life through detail
  • Creating Compelling Characters
  • Writing Through Roadblocks
  • Crafting Dialogue
  • Revealing the world through sensory imagery
  • Prose Style and Texture
  • Working with Time in Fiction
  • The Door to Your Book
  • Writing the middle and ending
  • Revision: Seeing your work anew
  • The Novel and the shifting sands of genre
  • Speculative fiction
  • Speculative fiction – Case Study: The Handmaid’s Tale
  • Research and historical accuracy
  • The writer’s path
  • The Business of Being a Writer
  • Conclusion

Detalles adicionales del curso

Creative Writing with Margaret Atwood is a self-paced, on-demand video course that brings you inside the creative process of one of the world’s most influential authors. Over a complete series of high-quality video lessons, Atwood breaks down the techniques she uses to structure ideas, build narratives, develop characters and communicate with clarity and purpose.

Throughout the course, you will explore how stories are constructed, how point of view shapes the reader’s experience, and how to refine your writing for maximum impact. Atwood guides you step by step through her methods for outlining, drafting, revising and polishing your work, while sharing practical tools you can apply immediately to your own communication style.

Designed for professionals as well as aspiring creators, the course focuses on strengthening your ability to express ideas, write with intention and think critically about the messages you deliver in your daily work. You will also gain behind-the-scenes insight into Atwood’s creative decisions, her approach to speculative thinking and her strategies for staying productive over the long term.

This program is 100% online, fully on-demand, and accessible at your own pace. You can pause, rewatch or revisit any lesson at any time. All students who complete the course receive a verifiable certificate of completion, and your enrollment includes lifetime access to every video module and future updates.