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Q: How can I learn to write? A: Read. (The course that teaches you everything you need to know to persuade other people to listen to you and do your will, in ten easy steps.)

Persuasion is key to getting ahead in this world; but how can you make yourself heard if you can’t put your words out there in an honest, clear, and very impressive fashion? We have the answers: Hard work (what […]

Persuasion is key to getting ahead in this world; but how can you make yourself heard if you can’t put your words out there in an honest, clear, and very impressive fashion? We have the answers: Hard work (what […]

Be articulate. Be persuasive. Believe in yourself and your ability to acquire and share knowledge. In this course, we foster strong and confident writers who know how to read critically and articulate their […]

Be articulate. Be persuasive. Believe in yourself and your ability to acquire and share knowledge. In this course, we foster strong and confident writers who know how to read critically and articulate their […]

The most powerful, free, democratic place you can imagine in the world is your local Library. Knowing how to mine what’s inside a book will make you able to accomplish even the most far-fetched, difficult tasks in […]

English Composition I, building real-time, real-life skills for writers who want to make an impact on the world and make themselves heard. Revision, creative self-expression, and the courage to meet new challenges […]

The most powerful skill you will ever master is reading. Knowing how to mine what’s inside a book will make you able to accomplish even the most far-fetched, difficult tasks in your life. Knowing how to accurately […]

Strong and confident writers who are comfortable marrying content and form graduate from this course, which focuses on essay writing while building analytical-reading and critical-thinking skills.

Do you know how to make yourself understood? How to express your thoughts and feelings — and persuade people — in the best way you possibly can? Revision, writing, more revision, more writing, and a host of […]

We make ideas concrete. In order to do that, we first accept that writing is a process — an act in which we will participate our whole life long. Music, art, electronics, engineering — you name it — whatever we […]

We think differently about writing than most. We generate and edit, analyze and share; and our thoughts and feelings take shape on the page in the form of written words. Paragraphs get hewed and sculpted. Ideas […]