Advanced Freelance Writing

Advanced Freelance Writing

Course info

This course develops and sharpens your writing skills largely through interaction with a professional, published writer, who becomes your tutor and mentor. You will read about different writing techniques, conduct research and interviews, and plan projects. This course builds on your skills and experience and assumes that you have a solid understanding of writing.

What will you achieve from this course?

Freelance writing is a highly competitive field. Successful freelance writers not only have good writing skills, they have a ‘nose’ for a good story, a mastery of their chosen area of writing, the ability to write quickly and succinctly, good interpersonal skills, and a wide range of useful contacts.  After completing Advanced Freelance Writing, you will have a better chance at success as a Freelance Writer.

Lessons:

•     Introduction - Writing Themes, Sentence Structure, Summary Skills, Theme Development
•     Writing a Regular Column - Newsletters, News Columns, Criticism Journalism
•     Educational Writing - Interviewing Skills, Illustrating an article, Putting it all together
•     Scientific Writing - Technical Writing, Statistics
•     Writing a Biographical Story - Developing a draft plan, Research, The final manuscript
•     Writing a News Article - Analysing a news article; writing and illustrating a sporting event
•     Fiction Writing - Category Writing; Mainstream Writing; Characteristics of good fiction etc.
•     Other Writing - TV & Radio Scripts, Science Fiction, Conducting a Survey

Course Delivery

This course is available to be completed via correspondence.

Work Load  | Full time: 12hrs per week |  Part time: 6hrs per week |  Total Duration 100hrs

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