Are there any good online writing courses &/or writing books? Recommendations are appreciated?

Colleges such as Purdue University and Yale offer free no-credit writing courses online. Just go to their websites to check it out. A few good books about writing are: On Writing, by Stephen King; Writing the Novel-From Plot to Print, by Lawrence Block; and The Book on Writing: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Well, by Paula LaRocque.

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