This is an advanced course and is most suited to those who have some experience and pre-existing skills in Freelance Writing but want to improve their approach and technique. This course can vastly improve your marketability and your potential career prospects. You can start at any time and wherever convenient.
Course Structure:
The duration of this online course is 100 hours. This consists of 7 in-depth lessons:
1. Introduction
- Writing Themes
- Sentence Structure
- Summary Skills
- Theme Development (e.g. Deductive, Inductive, Classic, Chronological, Descriptive, Analogy, Cause & Effect, Classification, Definition Analysis, Comparison & Contrast, Flashback etc.)
- Writing a Regular Column
- Newsletters
- News Columns
- Criticism Journalism (e.g. Theatre Critics, Book Reviews, Film Reviews, etc.)
2. Educational Writing
- Interviewing Skills
- Illustrating an article
- Putting it all together
3. Scientific Writing
- Technical Writing
- Statistics
4. Writing a Biographical Story
- Developing a draft plan
- Research
- Writing the final manuscript
5. Writing a News Article
- Analysing a news article
- Writing and illustrating a sporting event
6. Fiction Writing
- Category Writing
- Mainstream Writing
- Characteristics of good fiction (i.e. a strong plot;. a hero or heroine; obvious motivation; plenty of action; a colourful background)
- Forming and developing an idea
7. Other Writing
- TV & Radio Scripts
- Science Fiction
- Conducting a Survey
- Developing a Story
Lesson Aims
Each lesson will have learning aims so that your know if you are on the right track.
- Cover fundamental writing skills and the development of themes
- Develop skills and technique in writing a magazine or newspaper article
- Describe the key elements of educational writing
- Describe the key elements of technical writing
- Develop skills in biographical writing and interview techniques
- Develop skills in writing news articles
- Develop skills in writing fiction
- Describe other writing styles including script writing
Writing Realistic Dialogue
Writing realistic dialogue is a difficult ability to master. When done poorly it can ruin an otherwise phenomenal plot but when done well it can add more substance and realism to the story and characters. This is a key skill that you will develop during this course.
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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