Fridays at 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern. August 1 – 29, 2025
Limited to six students. Each class lasts about two hours.

A five-week lecture and workshop on Zoom. This course will go over the process of starting and finishing a novel. Topics include craft, structure, editing and rewrites, how to tackle the blank page, creating compelling characters, how to plot, and more.

Students are expected to keep a daily journal of their writing and reading. There will be in-class free writing exercises to get the creative juices flowing as well as check-ins to make sure everyone is on the path to not only getting their first chapter together, but, finding the way towards completion.

$225 via venmo https://account.venmo.com/u/Anthony-DuShane

Questions? Email dushane@gmail.com

What the students from UCLA say:

Tony has truly helped me grow as a writer. Since working with Tony, I’ve signed with a literary agent and my novel is currently on submission with publishing houses. – Alex Thayer, author of Bad Cheerleader and Happy & Sad & Everything True (Simon & Schuster)

I’m definitely getting more comfortable with the characters. I can’t thank you enough for all your feedback and great lessons these past few weeks. You’ve made me a better writer. – Amber V.

Thank you for this class, this is the first time I completed a story from start to finish. – Nasser A.

Thank you for making storytelling fun again. I’m actually excited to write another book, and I could not have said that ten weeks ago. – Susanna G.

Tony DuShane’s passion for storytelling shines through in all of his lessons.. – Cheryl S.