Apply by January 18, 2026 Odyssey’s Winter Online Classes are here! Build new skills and make your writing stronger and more memorable. We’ve got three courses to choose from. Attend live, online class sessions for intensive instruction and an interactive experience. Assignments provide deep practice in trying out the new Read more
Jade Cannon is a graduate of the 2025 Odyssey Online class “Getting the Big Picture: The Key to Revising Your Novel.” Writing has been Jade’s creative outlet since she was old enough to string sentences into stories. She wrote her first “chapter book” in third grade—two binders totaling over 100 Read more
Chana Kohl works in Jerusalem in clinical trials and research, writing speculative fiction in her spare time. Her stories have appeared in Analog SF, Luna Station Quarterly, and Stupefying Stories. She was winner of the 2022 Analog SF Emerging Black Voices Award and will be a participant in the 2024 Your Personal Odyssey Writing Workshop Read more
Apply by November 22, 2024 It’s Odyssey Online Class season! Build new skills and make your writing stronger and more memorable. We’ve got three classes to choose from. Attend live, online class sessions for intensive instruction and an interactive experience. Assignments will provide you deep practice in trying out the Read more
Odyssey graduate and bestselling author Gregory Ashe will be teaching the Odyssey Online class Writer’s Toolkit: Taking Your Story from Idea to Manuscript this winter (application deadline: December 5, 2023). You can find more information on Odyssey Online’s 2024 class offerings at https://www.odysseyworkshop.org/odyssey-online/upcoming-classes/ Gregory is a longtime Midwesterner. He has lived Read more
Application deadline 12/05 Only 3 classes per year. Only 14 students per class. Bestselling, award-winning instructors. Live, Intensive, Interactive. Odyssey has been a pioneer in holding live online classes since 2010. Live class meetings allow a virtual classroom experience, with students participating in discussions, asking questions, and learning from an instructor Read more
Odyssey Podcast #149 Odyssey Podcast #149 is an excerpt from the Odyssey Online course “One Brick at a Time: Crafting Compelling Scenes,” taught by Odyssey graduate and award-winning author Barbara Ashford in Winter 2018. Barbara will be teaching the course again this winter. You can find more information on all Read more
Make major progress on your fiction writing with an Odyssey Online class! Receive individual attention and in-depth feedback with an Odyssey Online class! Live, Intensive, Interactive. Bestselling, award-winning instructors. Only 3 classes per year. Only 14 students per class. Application deadline 11/21. Don’t miss out! The Odyssey Writing Workshops Charitable Read more
Caitlin Jacobs is a graduate of the 2022 Odyssey Online class “Getting the Big Picture: The Key to Revising Your Novel.” Caitlin writes science fiction and fantasy. Her stories have been enjoyed by thousands of children from her time as the lead writer for a program that teaches kids to Read more
This winter, Odyssey Online is once again offering the course “Getting the Big Picture: The Key to Revising Your Novel,” taught by Odyssey graduate and award-winning novelist Barbara Ashford. The following essay, in which Barbara shares some of her insights on the topic, was originally published here on December 1, 2018.
The application deadline for this winter’s Odyssey Online courses is December 6, 2021.
Barbara has been praised by reviewers and readers alike for her compelling characters and her “emotional, heartfelt” storytelling. Her background as a professional actress, lyricist, and librettist has helped her delve deeply into character and explore the complexities of human nature on the stage as well as on the page. Her musical adaptation of Far from the Madding Crowd has been optioned for Broadway.
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