How To Use These Lessons

I have organized these lessons the way I would if I were offering them in a writing course, but you can move through them in any way you like.

For your convenience, I have provided a table of contents of all the lessons so that you can decide which one you want to use next. At the end of each lesson you will find a link to the table of contents, so you can easily return there. As well, after many of the lessons I have provided suggestions for your next step.

Whether you want to follow my suggestions or not, I urge you to identify and follow your own learning path as you explore the material provided here. (See Begin Your Journey.)

I want to emphasize that you can only learn how to write (or to write better) by actually writing. So while I hope these lessons will help you think about writing in some new ways, their most important goal is to provide you with opportunities to develop your skills by using your mind the way professional writers do.

These lesson pages have been designed so that you can reduce the size of your browser window, making it possible for you to have a word processing document open at the same time, if you want to do your exercises on your computer. (If you prefer, you can do them with pen and paper.) The lessons can also be printed out so you can use them wherever you like.

Please note that these lessons are copyrighted material.

I am fascinated by how people learn, and so I invite you to be in touch with me to share your experiences with these lessons. I cannot respond to everyone, but I will do my best to answer questions. You can reach me at barbara@WhereWritersLearn.com.