You asked, we over-delivered! Future Fiction Academy now has a buffet of bite-sized classes—each one laser-focused on a single skill, genre tweak, or pro-level workflow. Whether you’re just dipping your toes into AI-assisted fiction or hunting for the next power-up (hello, fine-tunes!), this directory sorts every course into easy categories so you can jump straight to the good stuff, learn it fast, and get back to writing.
If you’re in the Mastermind, remember you automatically unlock every course created by the Dean (and most member-led classes). Any stand-alone class not covered by your Mastermind subscription is marked with an asterisk (*).
Wishing you’d made it into the Mastermind before the doors shut? There’s still a way in—each new Accelerator cohort offers a 12-week sprint from blank page to finished novel and grants instant Mastermind access on graduation. Next cohort details live here.
AI Foundations
- Introduction to AI Basics for Fiction Writing (FREE) – A no-jargon on-ramp that explains tokens, model “temperature,” content policies, and the exact chat prompts that turn a blank screen into a working scene outline. New to AI? Start here, get comfortable, then start experimenting fast.
- Introduction to Raptor Write (FREE) – Your guided tour of FFA’s flagship drafting app: build a project, press one button, and watch a scene skeleton pop out in seconds. Perfect if you want to “kick the tyres” before investing in deeper craft classes.
- How to Prompt AI for Fiction Writing – Dissects real “before / after” examples so you see why some prompts produce mush and others sing. You’ll leave with copy-pasteable mega-prompts for plotting, dialogue, and description—ideal for writers who want cleaner first drafts and fewer rewrites.
- Building Better Sequences of Prompts for Raptor Write – Stacey Anderson shows you how to chain prompts into reusable pipelines that draft chapters while you sip coffee. Includes download-and-go templates plus a sandbox project so you can customise the workflow to your genre.
Drafting & Story Craft
- How to Write a Novella with AI – Eight step-by-step modules walk you from “vague idea” to a polished 25-40 k novella. You’ll set word-count targets, use Notion dashboards to track cohesion, and learn pacing tricks that keep readers binging. Great for rapid-release plans.
- Master the Five Act Structure with AI: Story architect Rachel Funk Heller turns the classic five-act spine into your personal plot GPS, then shows you how to super-charge each beat with large-language-model prompts. Through bite-sized videos, downloadable notes, and hands-on AI exercises you’ll nail character arcs, banish sagging middles, and keep readers locked in from Act I to Act V. Ideal for any fiction writer who wants a timeless framework without giving up creative flexibility—or their sanity.
- Easy Peasy Book Machine (EPBM) – Stacey’s modular drafting system lets you plug in premise, characters, and beats, press “Go,” and watch a crisp chapter roll out. You’ll learn how to bend and break the template so it fits any genre without losing voice or vision.
- Raptor Write: Short Stories in a Shared World – Plan, draft, and package an interconnected story set—perfect for anthologies, Kindle Vella seasons, or a reader-magnet universe—while mastering info tracking inside Raptor Write. Ideal for authors who love Easter eggs and crossovers.
Genre Focused Classes
- Raptor Write for Cozy Mystery* – Natasha C. Sass hands you sleuth workbooks, red-herring generators, and a bespoke prompt set that churns out wholesome whodunits (zero gore, max charm). A must for anyone craving quirky towns, clever cats, and happily-ever-after justice.
- Romance Outlines with AI – Seasoned romance author Harper combines trope trackers with AI-driven beat sheets so your HEAs practically outline themselves. Includes dark-romance and reverse-harem variants plus bonus Plotdrive buttons for lightning-fast world-building.
- Enhancing Non-Fiction with AI* – Russell Nohelty shows bloggers, coaches, and memoirists how to brainstorm, fact-check, and restructure prose at speed—without losing authority or personal voice. You’ll finish with repeatable workflows for books, blogs, and course scripts.
Advanced AI Workflows
- Midpoint Momentum: Pick Up Your Story Halfway Through – Steph Pajonas’s rescue plan for half-finished drafts: diagnose your Act 2 slump, use targeted prompt loops to rebuild scenes, and sprint to “The End” with renewed energy. Perfect for dusty WIPs.
- From Love to Mayhem: Intro to Unmoderated AI Writing – Learn to tap open-source, unfiltered models for the spicy, gritty, or gory content mainstream AIs refuse—complete with ethics, safety nets, and NSFW best practices. Great for dark-romance, horror, and splatterpunk rebels.
- Advanced Raptor Write – This one’s not a course. It’s the next level of our free RaptorWrite and gives you the ability to bring in keys from major LLMs and your own finetunes.
Editing
- Editing with AI – Elizabeth Ann West, Steph Pajonas, and Stacey Anderson show how to layer prompts for dialogue sparkle, pacing trims, and sensory upgrades without losing your voice. Comes with repeatable multi-pass loops and live demo files you can steal.
Additional Formats
- Translations with AI – Steph Pajonas walks you through market research, cultural tweaks, and a three-step translation workflow that gets you retail-ready in German, French, and beyond—plus distribution hacks for reaching new readers fast.
- Descript for Authors – Produce slick trailers, podcasts, or AI-narrated audiobooks with Descript’s text-based video editor—no editing-suite headaches required. By the end you’ll have a finished asset and a repeatable template for the next launch.
Collaboration, Marketing & Productivity
- Co-Writing for Success (With or Without AI) – Olivia Rigal covers contracts, profit-split calculators, shared prompt boards, and workflow etiquette so creative partnerships stay profitable and fun. Ideal for duo series and anthology teams.
- Character-Focused Marketing with Google LM Notebooks – Feed NotebookLM your series bible, then spin up quizzes, emails, and “in-character” podcast scripts that thrill super-fans. Perfect for authors who want marketing copy that sounds like their cast, not a corporate robot.
- Choosing a Publishing Niche Using AI – Stop guessing. Use ChatGPT, Claude, and real-time Amazon scrape data to spot hot-but-underserved niches, test pen names, and plan profitable pivots before you write the first line.
Stay Tuned—We’re Always Hatching Something New!
The FFA lab never sleeps. Fresh classes roll out every single month, covering everything from brand-new LLM tricks to genre-specific deep dives. Bookmark this directory, pop by often, and watch the buffet grow. See you in the next lesson!