About the Course
Learn OSI’s step-by-step method for writing clear, compelling articles and getting published.
If you want to improve your writing skills quickly and noticeably, this course is for you. It presents a systematic method for generating article ideas, identifying the key aspects of a given subject, boiling them down to essentials, and presenting them in clear, powerful prose.
Working with Tim White, award-winning author and contributing editor at The Objective Standard, you will learn powerful ways to:
- Generate article ideas
- Choose a topic and formulate the theme
- Organize and essentialize your points
- Concretize abstract ideas with clear, compelling examples
- Build on your readers’ existing knowledge and help them achieve a higher level of understanding.
The principles and practices taught in this course have been used by writers and editors of The Objective Standard for 20 years. When you learn these methods and put them to work, your writing will improve by orders of magnitude.
What course participants say:
“I haven’t found another writing course that even comes close. This one actually brought the writer out of me.” —Haruna
“I am so sad it is over but glad it happened! I didn’t expect to learn so much in 4 weeks! It got me inspired to start writing again!” —Caitlin
“I wish I could have taken this course decades ago. I absolutely recommend it to anyone interested in writing.” —Mike
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How This Course Works
This course is interactive and discussion-driven, so enrollment is limited. Register early to secure your spot.
The course is held live on a video conferencing app called Zoom, which you can download for free here. Sessions are video recorded, so if you miss a session (or want to review), you can watch the recording.
The course is 6 hours long, consisting of 4 sessions of 1.5 hours each. Homework assignments are optional. Doing them may require an additional hour or more per week but will greatly enhance what you learn in this course.
Course handouts and supplementary materials are delivered via email. Course participants are invited to an exclusive OSI Courses group on Facebook, where they can post questions and engage in discussions with the instructor and other participants.
Have a question that wasn’t answered here? Read our FAQ or email us at [email protected].
By enrolling, you agree to OSI’s Course Terms and Conditions.
Frequently Asked Questions
OSI courses are live, interactive, and discussion-driven, so enrollment is limited. Register early to secure your spot.
Courses are held on Zoom, and sessions are recorded, so if you miss a session (or want to review), you can watch the recording. You can download Zoom for free here.
Courses vary in length. And some involve homework. Please see the specific course pages for details.
Course handouts and supplementary materials are delivered via email (please register with an active email address). Participants have access to an exclusive OSI Courses group on Facebook.
Zoom is a free video-conferencing app that we use to conduct our courses. You can download it here.
Sessions are video recorded, so if you miss a session (or want to review), you can watch the recording. That said, we highly recommend attending each live session so that you can ask questions and engage with your instructor(s) and other participants.
If you do miss a session, we recommend that you watch the recording before attending the next session.
Anyone aged 29 or younger may apply for an OSI scholarship to cover the full cost of a course. For information on how the scholarships work, please visit our Scholarships page.
You can see all current and past courses here.
If you have a question that isn’t answered in the FAQ or course description, please email us at [email protected].
