You can learn how to write a biography with this Warnborough Biographical Writing online course – developed by industry experts! Some things you will cover:
- Differences between an autobiography and a memoir?
- Develop ideas about who to choose for a biography
- Learn about the processes of writing a biography
- Understand about researching for a biography
- Learn about editing, publishing, and marketing
- Write a biographical piece as part of your studies
Course Structure
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 8 in-depth lessons:
1. Scope and Nature of Biographical Writing
- The difference between a biography and autobiography.
- Unauthorised biographies.
- Using ghost writers in biographies.
- Choosing your subject.
- Biography vs. Memoir.
- Researching a Biography.
2. Researching a Biography
- Types of Evidence.
- Using Evidence.
- Fair Use.
- Where to find evidence.
- Conducting an Interview.
- How to deal with conflicting sources and information.
- Citations and Referencing.
3. Developing Context
- Determining Your Theme.
- Developing the theme.
- Themes and Structure.
- Using Context.
4. Short Biographies
- Principles of the Short Biography.
- Distilling Information.
- Preparing to write from life experience.
5. Comprehensive Biographies
- What makes a comprehensive biography comprehensive?
- Writing a Great Biography.
- Voice in Writing.
6. Planning a Biography
- The Short Outline.
- The Detail-Heavy Outline.
- Outlining the biography.
- Defining a theme, writing to a central theme.
- Word Budget.
- Organising Chapter Content.
7. Editing and Marketing a Biography
- Editing.
- Writing a Sales Package.
- The Publishing Process.
- Publishing Processes for Ebooks.
- Self-Publishing Your Work.
- Distributing and Selling your Work.
- Grants for Writing.
8. Project: Writing a Biography
HOW DOES A WARNBOROUGH ONLINE COURSE WORK?
You can start the course whenever is convenient for you. You will be studying from home and have access to support from our qualified tutors. Practical exercises and research tasks will be set at the end of each lesson – including an assignment. You will submit this assignment to your course tutor, who will mark your work and give you constructive feedback and suggestions.
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