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Media and Art : Creative Writing: From Idea to Publishing: An Overview

I go into more depth in my course: Creative Writing: A Novel Idea.


Simpliv LLC

Summary

Price
£57.87 inc VAT
Or £19.29/mo. for 3 months...
Study method
Online
Duration
2 hours · Self-paced
Access to content
Lifetime access
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Certificate of completion - Free
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

Overview

About this Course

A quick look at the various elements that make up a well-designed book/novel. This is an overview of those elements: What is Creative Writing, Where Do You Get Ideas, Voice and Point of View, Setting, Characters, Plot, Dialogue, Genre and Target Audience, Getting Ready to Publish, and Publishing Options.

I go into more depth in my course: Creative Writing: A Novel Idea.

Description

What you will learn

  • You will gain an understanding of the broad categories of the elements needed to create a good first or next novel

This course will cover the following Curriculum:

Ideas and Audience

  • Creative Writing
  • Finding Ideas and Selecting Your Audience

Genre

  • Genre
  • Selecting Your Genre

Title and Covers

  • Titles and Covers

Characters

  • Creating good characters
  • Characters

Plot

  • Plot

Setting

  • Setting

Voice and Point of View (POV)

  • Voice and POV

Getting Ready to Publish

  • Getting Your Manuscript Ready to Publish

Publishing

  • Publish Your Book

Who is this course for?

  • Some of the latest statistics indicate that up to 90% of adults would like to write a book. My target students have a desire to become writers--either part time or full time. Although they may have written some fiction, they either are unpublished or need to review the different areas of creative writing.
  • My target students may also be those who want to explore the process of writing with the goal of becoming published.

Requirements

  • Have a basic understanding of the English language
  • Have a basic understanding of using Word
  • You should have a basic understanding of how to use Simpliv to navigate its courses

Career path

The median annual wage for writers and authors is $61,240. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $29,380, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $118,640.

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Certificates

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

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