15 Best Creative Writing Courses on Coursera
We compared 15 Creative Writing courses currently listed on Coursera, priced from $49.00 to $79.00. 5 come from a named university or institution, including Wesleyan University, Michigan State University and University of California, Irvine. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $49.00 – $79.00
- Providers
- Coursera
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, matched to "creative writing" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $49.00 to $79.00, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Creative Writing
Offered by Wesleyan University
This Specialization covers elements of three major creative writing genres: short story, narrative essay, and memoir. You will master the techniques that good writers use to compose a bracing story, populated with memora...
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Creative Writing: The Craft of Character
Offered by Wesleyan University
At the center of a good story are the characters in it. In this course aspiring writers will discover how to build and bring to life complex, vivid and unforgettable characters. We will study the choices a writer makes t...
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Turn Ideas Into Unique Content: Tools For Creative Writing
Offered by Skillshare
By the end of this course, you will be able to capture and organize ideas effectively, develop a personalized system for creative thinking, and transform everyday observations into compelling written content. In Turn Ide...
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Writing poetry and other creative writing, and promoting it
Offered by Alex Genadinik
Learn to write poetry and other creative writing, and appreciate its beauty and power to enrich your inner life. Also learn how to avoid procrastination and get motivated so you write your own creative work, and also lea...
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Transmedia Writing
Offered by Michigan State University
Do you have a desire to write a novel, write a screenplay, design a video game? In this project-centered course you will develop your own, original, intellectual property (IP) into a transmedia project containing written...
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Write Your First Novel
Offered by Michigan State University
WRITE YOUR FIRST NOVEL From Inc.com - The 30 Most Popular Online Courses of 2020 "Write Your First Novel" made the list at #15 https://lnkd.in/gZqscmn If you’ve ever had the dream, the desire or even just a vague notion...
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Enhance your Writing with Noun Clauses
Offered by University of California, Irvine
This course is designed to hold your hand step-by-step through the most basic concepts of noun clauses all the way to the end goal of writing a paragraph with varied noun clauses. With each individual lesson, you’ll watc...
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Storying the Self: How Stories Shape our Identities
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Explore how artists have come to understand their identities over time, through creative media and scholarly discussions. You will connect with your own sources of creative inspiration, and revisit a major moment in your...
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Storying the Self: Telling our Stories
Offered by University of Colorado Boulder
Ask for and give constructive feedback on your work, and consider venues for sharing your stories as both a leader and creator. In leadership contexts, this translates to authentic purpose, vision, and values. You’ll eng...
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Prompt Engineering For Everyone with ChatGPT and GPT-4
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
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Writing and Editing: Word Choice and Word Order
Offered by University of Michigan
This course focuses on enhancing your writing skills, teaching you how to choose your words carefully to engage and persuade your audience. You'll explore creative uses of syntax, master storytelling techniques, and disc...
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Memoir and Personal Essay: Write About Yourself
Offered by Wesleyan University
How To Write About Yourself...so that someone else wants to read it! This is the heart of this Coursera specialization in Memoir and Personal Essay. Masters of both genres share tips, prompts, exercises, readings and cha...
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Introduction to AI for Beginners
Offered by SkillsBooster Academy
Unlock the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with this practical course designed to transform your productivity, creativity, and decision-making. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of AI, including Generat...
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Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics
Offered by Berklee
There’s a songwriter lurking somewhere inside you, peeking around corners, wondering if it’s safe to come out. Now it is. This course is an invitation to let your inner songwriter step into the sunlight. All it takes is...
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Writing Mastery: Ideas, Craft & Copy
Offered by Skillshare
This Specialization is intended for aspiring writers, creatives, and professionals seeking to develop creative writing, editing, and copywriting skills. Through three courses, you will cover idea generation, writing impr...
$49.00listed price
Best Creative Writing Courses on Coursera compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $49.00 to $79.00, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $30.00. The options are closely priced, so cost is unlikely to be your deciding factor. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera. Everything on this page is sold on the one platform, so the buying experience is the same whichever you pick. 5 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Wesleyan University, Michigan State University and University of California, Irvine — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Before you enrol
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