Course description

Study how to write short stories, novels, and screenplays for radio and television using professional writer's techniques. You will also learn about the practical challenges of being a published author on this course.
Unit 1: Getting Started
- Compose a short piece of autobiographical writing
- Explain why, where and how you like to write, and describe your writing voice
- Develop a character using some of your own characteristics
- Develop a piece of fiction using your character
Unit 2: Creation of character and setting
- Create a character sketch
- Create a description of setting from memory demonstrating use of the five senses
- Demonstrate original fiction writing that presents character and setting
- Produce a 200 word plan of a larger piece of work developing your character and/or setting
Unit 3: Dialogue and Monologue
- Critically evaluate the techniques used in monologue and dialogue through analysis of examples
- Produce a critical evaluation of a monologue
- Demonstrate the use of dialogue
- Demonstrate the use of monologue form
Unit 4: Showing, not telling, and creation of character emotions
- Recognise and demonstrate the use of figurative language
- Demonstrate skills of showing, not telling, in writing
- Demonstrate an ability to show character emotion
- Produce an original example of fiction demonstrating the use of ‘showing not telling’ skills, character emotion and figurative language
Unit 5: Genre writing and devising a plot
- Identify your favourite genre and outline the features present
- Make a plan that incorporates development of plot
- Produce an original piece of writing in a chosen genre
- Produce a commentary on the genre specific feature of your writing
Unit 6: Piecing it all together – synoptic project
- Produce an extended piece of original fiction
- Write a synopsis of your idea and how the work will develop
- Write a review of your own writing
- Produce a development plan detailing the next steps in your writing
Expenses
Pay Now: GBP 399.00
OR 6 Monthly Instalments of GBP 74.85 with a deposit of GBP
49.90 totalling 499
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