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Creative Writing

How to write long or short fiction

Everybody can tell a story.

Writers learn the technique of keeping readers enthralled unto the end of the tale.

Be a writer and tell your stories. Begin.

Your Creative Writing Course

Introduction to fiction
What is a story and why have people gathered to hear the storyteller tell a tale since time began? We look at time honoured techniques and ask: Why?

Basic techniques of storytelling
How do you start a story? How do you widen it out and how do you end it satisfactorily? Who are you writing for and what do they expect?

Content and style
What is style and which style are you most comfortable writing in? The three things all stories must have. What you must not leave out>

Plot theme and characters
All stories must have a plot. They must have a theme; but which is which? We explain and you decide.

Finding ideas
Writing about yourself is for diaries. We look at finding story ideas that will work for you and for the reader, time and again. Ideas are all about us. We show you how to recognize them.

Dialogue and narrative
When and how to use dialogue that sounds natural. How to use dialogue to move a narrative along at a pace that will hold the reader and make them ask for more.

The short story
What exactly is a short story and how does it differ from a novel? What is the ideal length for a short piece of fiction? What to include and what to leave out.

The novel
Join the world's masters in writing the novel of your times. Study the experts and learn their secrets and how they apply to your writing.

Print or sound
What is the difference in writing for the page or for the ear? We show how the forms differ in very real ways. You choose the medium best suited to your capabilities.

Marketing
Putting it all together, where would you seek a market for your work? How do you go about seeing publication or representation?

Complete the 10-week course in the company of a published tutor with hands-on experience to pass on to you.

Join us online every week to reveal the next module of your course.

Take a week to complete an assignment and then post it for constructive comment.

Begin the journey now...

Here's How

Once registered for the course of your choice you will receive a password.

You can then log in to the course forum at any time that suits your schedule.

Each week, at a set time, the tutor will post the week's module on the forum.

On-line real time discussion then takes place on the current module.

Students work is posted on the forum for tutor comment.

A new assignment is set for each student on that week's module.

On completion of all ten assignments, a certificate of participation is issued to qualifying students.

Students receive a complimentary year's membership of Writing Club and its forum for continuing development as a writer.

Fees: the fee for this course is €235/£158 inclusive of modules, tutor's time, forum access, assignment comments, materials, and course queries.

 

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