Don't let writer's block stop you.

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We're a writing school that welcomes anyone who wants to learn how to write stories—no magical talent, prior training, or writing experience required.

Award-winning playwright and author, Dr. Joem Antonio, conducts a writing workshop. Dr. Antonio is the creator of Storywriting School's courses.
Award-winning playwright and author, Dr. Joem Antonio, conducts a face-to-face writing workshop. Dr. Antonio is the creator of Storywriting School's courses. All his courses for Storywriting School are now also available online as seven-day, self-paced writing courses.

A step-by-step approach

We'll teach you how to build stories in steps and stages that you'll be able to replicate outside of class.

Learning by doing

What better way to learn writing than by, you guessed it, writing! Our classes include lectures, but you'll be doing writing exercises for the most part.

Concrete learning outcomes

Each course has specific target outputs or skills that you'll attain after having done all the required exercises.

Please refer to the course description for the learning outcomes of each course.

Our creative writing workshops are available online or face-to-face, for individuals or groups.


Click/tap on each course's icon to view the course description, schedules, and other information.

Niche Courses

Crash courses on specific genres, mediums, or formats

How to Write Children's Stories
How to Write Horror
How to Write Sci-Fi/Fantasy
How to Write Scripts for Theatre
How to Write Love Stories
How to Write Historical Fiction
How to Write Memoirs
How to Write Crime Fiction

Storywriting Basics Courses

Courses on the basic aspects of storywriting; applicable to all genres, mediums, and formats

Storywriting Basics: Story Design
Storywriting Basics: Storytelling
Storywriting Basics: Characterization
Storywriting Basics: Story Themes
These four consecutive courses may be taken as a 28-day intensive program, the Storywriting Basics Bootcamp.

Skills Series Courses

Advanced courses that help students master skills specific to the stages of writing: brainstorming, pre-writing, writing, and rewriting

The Writer's Spark: Catching Ideas
The Writer's Seed: Cultivating Story Ideas
The Writer's Flow: Getting Into the Zone
The Writer's Eye: Editing Like a Writer
These four consecutive courses may be taken as a 28-day intensive program, the Storywriting Skills Bootcamp.

What you get with each writing course registration

Coursework

Lectures and writing exercises that give you a step-by-step method for building stories.

Certificate (upon accomplishment of requirements)

Meet the requirements, receive a certificate.

Consultation

Apply what you've learned by submitting your draft or outline to receive written feedback from our consultant panel.

Community

Get exclusive access to community events and perks that we offer in partnership with Story Sandbox.

Learning Modalities

Online Asynchronous

The best bang for the buck—our online writing courses contain comprehensive content and more time for completion. Coursework in each of Storywriting School's online workshops is composed of text lectures and writing exercises, which you will have seven days to finish at your own pace. Our online courses follow the usual workflow of a writer: lots of reading, lots of writing, and a flexible schedule that ends in a deadline. Finish on time and you get a printable certificate of completion. If you want the greatest value for money, training in the writer's lifestyle, or a workshop that's suited to your schedule and location, this modality is best for you.

Note: Because our online courses require time management, we require students aged 8-12 to have a parent or guardian to assist the child in going through coursework.

Our face-to-face classes are shorter, but more targeted. Dr. Joem Antonio customizes the group's chosen course to their priorities and objectives. For now, we do not have pre-scheduled classes like we did before the pandemic; however, you may form your own group and choose a course from one of our sixteen writing courses. We do small group classes (1-3 students) called Cafe Classes in our partner venues. We're also open to engagements at other locations.

All dates and times follow GMT/UTC+0


London: GMT/UTC+0 or +1
Manila: GMT/UTC+8
New York: GMT/UTC-5 or -4