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Business Writing Programs
Improve your workplace communication skills and explore options for a writing career through our comprehensive selection of madison area and online courses.
Business writing and editing programs include
Business Writing Classes / Workshops
If you want to make an impression at your job, good writing skills are important. Evening and weekend workshops are offered in business writing, publishing, freelance career writing and more. You will find descriptions of all current writing classes in the UW-Madison Continuing Studies online catalog.
Critique Services
We help all types of writers hone their skills and overcome roadblocks on the way to publication, successful freelance writing or writing for pure enjoyment. We critique fiction and nonfiction, including nonfiction book proposals.
Online creative writing workshops
courses are presented in a variety of formats, from email based to those that use detailed web site applications and writing texts. You can start anytime, and there are no deadlines. Teachers note: 30-hour online workshops are included, which may help with your relicensure
The Writers' Institute
This 2-day annual conference for writers covers a variety of topics, from the basics to the business. Novels, TV and motion picture scripts, nonfiction books, freelance writing, book sales, a writing contest and lots of take-home materials are featured.
Write-by-the-Lake Retreat
For one week this summer immerse yourself in your own creative development, with the help of our professionals and workshops. Held at the beautiful Pyle Center on Lake Mendota, University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Graduate credits available.Online writing course: Grammar and Punctuation
Writing clearly is essential for workplace or publishing success. Learn how to edit your own work and the work of others in this self-paced online course.