Descriptive Writing Courses and Certifications

ESL002: Intermediate English as a Second Language

Improve your writing accuracy and fluency, by developing your English grammar skills and vocabulary at the Intermediate level (B1). 

• Saylor Academy
• 10 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Descriptive Writing: Crafting Vivid, Immersive Scenes

Learn to craft vivid, immersive scenes through thoughtful description. Enhance your writing with sensory details, unexpected elements, and intentional word choices to create striking, memorable prose.

• Skillshare
• 34 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Creative Writing: The Craft of Setting and Description

12 reviews

In this course aspiring writers will be introduced to the techniques that masters of fiction use to ground a story in a concrete world. From the most realist settings to the most fantastical, writers will learn how to describe the physical world in shar…

• Coursera
• 7 hours 25 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Enhance your Writing with Adjective Clauses

19 ratings at Coursera

Do you have a hard time describing things, people, and places in English? This course will show you how to be more descriptive in your writing by incorporating adjective clauses in complex sentences.

• Coursera
• 12 hours 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Five-minute creative writing challenges - basic course

162 ratings at Udemy

Short and engaging creative writing activities for children, kids, teenagers and adults. Homeschooling. Home-school.

• Udemy
• 1-2 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Writing Funny: Introduction to Humor Writing

Discover the mechanics of humor writing, from crafting jokes to incorporating wit into various literary forms. Learn techniques to enhance your storytelling and elevate your prose with laughter.

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Writing what you know

44 ratings at OpenLearn

Do you want to improve your descriptive writing? This free course, Writing what you know, will help you to develop your perception of the world about you and enable you to see the familiar things ...

• OpenLearn
• 8 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Fiction 101: Writing a Novel

Anyone can be a writer — we’re all storytellers. It’s just a matter of sitting down and putting your stories to paper. In this nine-part class, bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson teaches you how to…

• Craftsy
• 55 minutes
• On-Demand
• $39.00

English Composition I

Develop essential writing skills for academic and professional success, covering five key types of composition and emphasizing grammar, research techniques, and effective revision.

• StraighterLine
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

The Becoming a Better Writer Workshop: Using the Five Senses to Improve Descriptive Writing

Improve your writing with Skillshare's short, project-driven course. Learn to use the five senses in your descriptions and practice the mantra "show, don't tell".

• Skillshare
• Finished
• Free Trial Available

Rekindling the Art of Letter Writing

Learn to write thoughtful personal letters with this short course. Develop your writer's tone, learn block letter format, and enhance your prose. Gain skills transferable to all writing forms.

• Skillshare
• Finished
• Free Trial Available