Please find me on line English writing courses that I could enroll for
ditance (Internet-based learning). The tuition may NOT be over $200.00
per course and course should consist of writing at least 3 one-page
essays.
Thank you

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Clarification of Question by robertmacura-ga on 14 Feb 2005 17:10 PST

Hi Siliconsamurai,

Thank you for your suggestion, what I am looking for is the course
during which I will be able to submit samples of my writing for
critics and improvment.

Depending on what you are wanting to do with this exactly. There are a
few ideas that I could suggest. If you are wanting to just learn
better grammer and puncuation then you can use Microsoft Word. If you
are just wanting to work on your typing then you can find many cheap
typing tutorials. If you are wanting something to deal directly with a
course like this you could check with your local community college as
more than likley they do have online courses for this subject. But the
price varies from school to school so unless I know where you lived
then I cannot give you the specifics. So as I said it all depends on
what you are wanting to gain from this.

Thanks but I am looking for exactly what I have already described;
English writing course.Not a typing course, not a grammar course.

I am aware about community colleges. The problem there is that the
level of English taught is very low, because of the low intellectual
level of the students that attend such colleges. I am a foreigner with
two terminal graduate degrees, I know what I want to write, I just
need help with puting those thoughts in the writing  "American way".

I hope that the above clarifications will help

Robert, 

This looks like it might be a possibility: 
http://www.gettoefl.com/toefl_essay/info.htm 

Best,
Byrd-ga

check this..
http://www.writersbureau.com/

Based on the quality of what you have submitted here I suspect all you
need to learn is what might be termed common usage.

Depending on what you intend to do (technical writing, novel,
journalism, business writing, etc.) I suspect you will do just as well
or better by merely studying current examples of other writing in your
area of interest.

No one can really teach you to write, you can only learn to write and
you would probably do well to just pursue that on your own. No real
writer I know has time to do any formal teaching anyway so you are
learning from the second best if you take a course - people who
couldn't find enough work as writers. There are exceptions, but they
are very rare.

You might also check out various online writing clubs where fellow
writers will criticize your work - that's free and can be very useful.

Yes, I understand which is why I mentioned joining one of the online
clubs which will provide a great deal more feedback than most
teachers.

You might also look at the ads which are probably appearing at the top
of this page. There are even programs which can improve your writing -
remember, I am merely commenting, not offering an actual answer.