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COMPLETE Creative Writing - All Genres - THE FULL COURSE! (Udemy.com)

Learn to write engaging Fiction, Poetry, Drama, & Creative Non-Fiction and become the successful writer you want to be

Created by: Trace Crawford

Last updated September 2026

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What you will learn

  • You will receive a COMPLETE Creative Writing Certificate of Completion after finishing the course.
  • This is a fun and practical creative writing course designed to get you excited about creating your own work!
  • Fiction, poetry, drama, and creative non-fiction - the four genres of creative writing.
  • How to discover, perfect, and share your own writer's voice.
  • A series of authentic writing assignments designed to target the skills you need.
  • Writing techniques, literary devices, and specialized skills.
  • Publishing opportunities, podcasts, and where to create a professional creative writing portfolio.
  • How to become a successful and confident writer!

How it compares

Against the other 503 rated Udemy courses in Teaching & Academics on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 58% of them
  • Reviews5,628#26 of 504 by number of reviews
  • Length12.1 hourslonger than 87% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2026more recently than 97% of them

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Course Description

Course Overview:

This is a fun and practical creative writing course designed to get YOU excited about creating your own works of fiction, poetry, drama, and creative non-fiction - the four genres of creative writing.

Writing techniques, literary devices, and specialized skills will be covered to help you discover, perfect, and share your own writer's voice.

While review quizzes over major concepts are provided along the way, the true measure of progress will be in the authentic writing assignments that you will complete as you progress toward your goal of becoming a successful and confident writer!


The Course Includes:

  • 43 Video Lessons

    • Each lesson is broken down into multiple video lectures that include:

      • A quick writing assignment aligned with the day's goals

      • A lesson covering an area of course content

      • A practical application project

  • 37 online review quizzes over major concepts

    • Quizzes are designed to reinforce major concepts discussed in the class

  • Graphics, notes, assignment sheets, or outside resources are provided for every lesson

  • Over 12 hours of video lessons


Course Goals:

Through taking this course, you will develop and perfect your personal writer's voice as you:

  • become familiar with the four genres of creative writing

  • apply writing techniques for success

  • examine a multitude of writing concepts to relate to your own writing

  • evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of writing projects

  • create scaffolded examples of a variety of writing styles

Additionally, you will discover multiple public outlets with which to share your writing with others as you experience success and develop confidence in your writing ability.


COMPLETE Creative Writing contains all of the content (and a little extra) from:

  • Poetry Primer - Survey of Poetic Writing Styles and Projects

  • Creative Non-Fiction Writing - You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

  • Fiction Crash Course - Writing Skills & Methods for Success!

  • Beginning Playwriting - Write a Play and Get Produced!

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Instructor Details

Trace Crawford

Thank you for checking out my course!

Here are a few facts about me...

~ I have been teaching writing and theatre in both public and private schools since 1997.

~ Several of my own works are published (plays and non-fiction).

~ There have been well over 100 productions of my stage plays on six continents (Antarctica remains elusive) as well as multiple film adaptations.

~ My book Absolutely Everything** You Need to Know About Teaching and Performing Improv is available on Amazon.

~ My horror-comedy Screenplay Dead (Re)Tired has received honors from 25 different film festivals and screenplay competitions including the Nashville Film Festival.

~ I have run an improv festival for secondary students since 1999.

~ I am a member of the Dramatists Guild.


Education:

~ I hold two BFA degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University

~ I earned my Masters of Education in Learning and Technology from Western Governors University

~ I am certified to teach English, speech, and theatre

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Reviews

4.6

5,628 ratings on Udemy

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By Paula Butler on 8/27/2026

I am impressed by the detail and conciseness of the introduction. This has made me feel confident I will like the course and enjoy completing the assignments.

By Lucy Gilligan on 6/15/2026

Feel genuinely prepared by the lecturer. Mr Crawford has the ability to create a judgement-free, supportive learning environment and am looking forward to gaining more and more from his insights and expertise.

By Alina Leshchenko on 4/7/2026

so far seems like a usefull course the only issue is sound, i had to adjust my speaker almost to maximum but still have to pause each time a car is passing by outside because i just can't hear anything

By Genevieve Wisen on 3/19/2026

I was studying this course as I was also writing my book. I found it greatly helpful as I shaped my book. I was able to add elements that I didn't think of at first and identify elements in my story that I didn't know what it's called. The teaching was very organized and clear. This course feels like an actual college course.

By Tawnia Smith on 3/11/2026

This particular course instructor is by far my favorite. I appreciate the board he has behind him that displays prompts and things as we go through each lesson. It makes note-taking so much easier, and doing that alone helps me retain the information I learn from the course. I've also really been enjoying the sections within the course where we're given a prompt or challenge to practice what we've been learning. It always feels achievable while still pushing you to keep improving. My confidence in writing has grown so much, and I'm really excited to dive into the Poetry section now. If anyone is struggling to decide which writing course they want to try out, choose this one! 10/10, will always recommend.

By Jaime-lee Williamson on 3/5/2026

It is easy to follow along and I'm able to get the writing prompts separately from the info section. Well distributed information in sections for each day of learning.

By Terry Clarke on 2/16/2026

Since beginning this course, I have completed the first draft of my novel, which I have been planning for several years. The clear instructions and variety of disciplines covered in the course have been invaluable. I cannot praise it enough.

By Dasen Clark on 1/13/2026

Took this as a refresher for creative writing. This was a great course, covers all of the basics and then some. Really enjoyed it and highly recommend to anyone that is interested in improving their own writing.

By Mohammad A G Mohammad on 11/6/2025

I thought writing fiction is an easy task. But this course showed me that I don’t know a lot about writing. This course made writing manageable task for me. Now I really feel confident to write. And someday I might be a professional writer.

By Yash on 10/30/2025

Before your course, I felt stuck, but you helped me conquer the most difficult part of writing: the blank page. Finally putting pen to paper, again thanks for your guidance.

By Pamps Pilavache on 11/22/2020

Its going pretty well. Smooth ?

By Yuri on 11/15/2020

idk i need to see more, so far its pretty basic. explanations could be delivered better and more enthusiastically

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Overall Score : 92 / 100