Online Classes | Jane Friedman

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99% student satisfaction rate

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Expert-taught online classes on writing and publishing, hosted personally by Jane

Classes are delivered via Zoom by instructors I’ve vetted personally. About 60–90 minutes, live Q&A, full recording and materials included. No upsells. All materials are downloadable and yours to keep.

Classes can also be an opportunity to meet and share with other writers grappling with the same questions as you.

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Revise Your Memoir with Lisa Cooper Ellison. $150 six-class series. Wednesdays, February 25 through November 18, 2026. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern.

2026 series • MULTIPLE DATES

Revise Your Memoir (6 classes)

Lisa Cooper Ellison

SEPT. 16 • 1 p.m. EDT

Mastering the Art of the Synopsis

Jessica Strawser

SEPT. 23 • 1 p.m. EDT

Find & Sharpen Your Memoir’s Voice

Lisa Cooper Ellison

OCT. 7 • 1 p.m. EDT

Find Your Voice as an Essayist

Amy L. Bernstein

OCT. 14 • 1 p.m. EDT

Specificity & Context

Tiffany Yates Martin

OCTOBER 16 • 1 p.m. EDT

What Platform Means for Literary Artists and Skeptics

Jane Friedman

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This is just a general THANK YOU. I’ve attended/listened to the recording of a number of your webinars and I always walk away feeling like I have several practical ideas that I can start using right away, and (and here’s the really important part for me) a sense of optimism, validation, and possibility. Lots of writer-related webinars cast a spell of “it’s all just too impossible, that’s cute you’re trying but nothing is really ever going to come of it.” Your webinars do the opposite. I don’t feel like you/your guest speakers are selling me positive thinking or anything like that, I just feel cared for as a writer. I feel respected. My time and the amount of money I spent on the webinar feels respected. And I leave wanting to keep going and trying, and also recommending your webinar to at least one friend afterward. Thank you for the time and care you put into each webinar.

—Christin Rice

I just want to thank you for always producing outstanding webinars—the quality is always way beyond all expectations. The fee is so small so I hope that you gets tons of people to make up for that. I have seen seminars of this nature go for 3 and 4 times what you charge. And I bet they aren’t nearly as good! In fact I’m sure of it!! So thank you very much—your knowledge, enthusiasm, and authenticity are unbeatable. Never change.

—Barb Wanchisen

After I finished my first draft, and began to pull together a book proposal, I made one decision early on that made all the difference. I decided to attend Jane Friedman University. I took as many of your workshops as I could shoehorn into my schedule. They are so affordable, and always offered at least one or two nuggets of information that were incredibly useful or offered a way of looking at a writing or marketing problem that I hadn’t thought of before.

—Maura Casey

Jane, I have taken a few of your online classes thus far and am beyond grateful for your choice of presenters, as well as your provision of the recordings afterward for those of us who need to review the incredible amount of information and support provided. So many times, we hear or share only the negatives in our complicated and somewhat frazzled lives. In my dotage, I am choosing to share only the positives. Your professionalism, accessibility and website are tops on my list. Thank you!

—Dianne Poole

Jane & Mark, I’m getting in touch to thank you for your classes—not just the one on researching and writing a powerful book proposal, but the other ones I’ve attended as well. You know so much, you present information so clearly (great teaching skills!), you’re so pleasant and polite, and you make the classes fun. And the slides are great and the tech end of things goes so smoothly. So thank you SO much! You’re the best!

—Sue Schopp

I’m always so impressed with the course selection available, and the ease with which participants can access every bit of the materials—video, audio, transcript, chat, Q&A, slides, etc. There are no other offerings available where I feel so confident in the quality of the material and the easy access of all materials. Thank you.

—Shari Kaplan

Just to let you know how much I am enjoying your online courses. I am learning so much. What I really mean is … I am learning SO much. Your course instructors are much more informed than the speakers I meet at writing conferences. I just finished watching Allison’s presentation about pitching and publishing. (In fact, this is the second time). It was just as great as Tiffany’s presentation regarding tension and suspense. These teachers are fantastic, and there is no time wasted. Thanks so much.

—Karen DePinto

I’ve registered for almost all of your classes, but I’m seldom able to watch in real time and so don’t have the opportunity to provide feedback. Just want to say I’m so impressed with the quality of the classes and the topics are always useful. I really appreciate what you do! Thank you!

—B.K. Jackson

All of your webinars are high quality, practical, understandable, comprehensive, astute and affordable. I love hanging out with other writers, enjoy being in the company of professionals whose goal is not to impress, but to help, to elevate, to inspire and empower writers at all levels to achieve their aspirations.

Not once have I heard you or any presenter talk down to or negatively about anyone. We all have the same experience of starting with a blank page/screen; it either works or doesn’t work—no sense of good or bad.

—Colleen Patrick

Online classes taught by Jane with partner organizations

Improve Your Author Website—From Homepage to Contact Page with Jane Friedman. $99 webinar hosted by Writers Digest University. Thursday, September 24, 2026. 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern.

Sept. 24: Improve Your Author Website—From Homepage to Contact Page with Jane Friedman

Hosted by Writer’s Digest: Every professional author needs a website, but too often bad design choices and lack of focus prevent it from doing its job. Some have conflicting messages about who they are or what they write. A shocking number of published authors don’t include book covers anywhere on the homepage. And unpublished writers sometimes don’t know what to say about themselves.

Whether your website is one day old or ten years old, you want to make sure the time and energy that you’ve put into your website will pay off with more opportunities for you and your writing. This 2-hour live webinar will address best practices for any author website—whether you’re published or unpublished—with simple tips and tricks you can put to work immediately.

Substance Over Substack with Jane Friedman. $89 webinar hosted by Writers Digest University. Thursday, October 22, 2026. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Eastern.

Oct. 22: Substance Over Substack with Jane Friedman

Hosted by Writer’s Digest: Despite a decade of social media dominance, email newsletters remain the most powerful tool in a writer’s platform-building arsenal. Yet in the Substack era, many writers approach newsletters with confusion, reluctance, or half-hearted commitment—missing their true potential while chasing trends. This webinar cuts through the hype to reveal what actually works for writers at any stage of their careers, and how to build content that comes from your genuine creative obsessions instead of a marketing formula.