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What you will learn - Starting Your Own Ghostwriting Business
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1. Ghostwriting Business
2. Creative Writing
3. Freelance Writer Business
1. Ghostwriting Business: Understanding Ghostwriting And It's Different Types
From this course, you will gain a greater understanding of what ghostwriting is and, just as importantly, what it is not, along with finding out about the different types of ghostwriting.
To be a good ghostwriter you don’t necessarily need to have a related degree. The Ghostwriting Business Course explores education options and provides tips and suggestions on how you can start and improve your writing. It also highlights essential skills required to be successful in this field.
There are more job opportunities for ghostwriters than you may think. This course outlines these options – covering everything from in-house and agency work, to freelancing. Should you wish to strike out on your own, the course also provides information on different business structures.
Getting your first few clients as a ghostwriter is probably the hardest part of the job. However, with the tips and tricks provided in this course, it is entirely possible – even easy. You’ll learn about using online job boards to find work, how having a niche or specialism can help you, and how to showcase your writing and gain referrals. Also covered are Ghostwriter Agreements and Non-Disclosure Agreements.
The range of writing you can undertake as a ghostwriter is vast. This course will guide you through the various types, along with how to break projects down and set timelines. You will also find out everything you need to know about billing a client, tips and suggestions on how to work virtually, and how to deal with difficult clients.
The Ghostwriting Business Course covers how to research effectively. You’ll learn how to conduct interviews for primary information, find reliable sources, verify information and evaluate an online source’s credibility. You will also gain a better understanding of plagiarism.
As a ghostwriter, you will need to adapt your voice to your client’s needs. Through studying this course you will discover how to understand, research and target your audience, adapting your writing to fit their expectations.
To protect yourself and sell your work, it’s important that you understand copyright protection. The Ghostwriting Business Course covers how this functions in the global workplace. You’ll learn how to protect your writing, register it, and reserve or release your copyrights. You will also learn about public domain and CC0 materials.
To ensure professionalism, your work must be clear, correct, and compelling. This course teaches you how to review your project – focusing on finding spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors, and checking for typos and word usage errors. You’ll also learn about subediting or copyediting and how to revise your material to increase its impact.
As a ghostwriter, you may find yourself working on a book or manuscript. From the Ghostwriting Business Course, you will learn about the various parts of a book and the sequence they should appear in, and how to finalise your work. You’ll also discover what your options are when publishing to ebook formats.
Who Would Benefit from the Course?
The primary purpose of this course is to provide all the information you need to become a successful ghostwriter, including how to set up a business selling your services. However, much of the course is relevant to non-ghostwriters who wish to improve their writing and learn about important aspects of creating and selling written work.
2. Creative Writing: Test Your Imagination and Stretch Your Writing Skills
Creative writing covers a wide variety of forms; simply, its purpose is to enable you to express, emotions, thoughts and feelings using the written word. If you would like to improve your writing skills, to try out new techniques in a variety of writing styles and to be able to create compelling works of fiction, then this course will enable you to do just that.
There are so many opportunities for writers in this digital age and the world of publishing has evolved greatly over the last few years. Publishing is now accessible to all who have a good grasp of the English language and because the world is now a predominantly much smaller place through the rise of the digital era, it is possible to become published in many English speaking countries.
This course however does not just concentrate on publishing but on the skills required that will elevate your writing abilities to the dizzy heights of professionalism. There is pleasure in the written word, creating imaginary plots and forming descriptive scenes filled with vibrancy and colour will satisfy the need to create. The knowledge of how to craft a captivating short story and to possess the ability to craft larger than life characters will stimulate those creative juices.
If you choose the road towards publication, understand that it can be a long but enjoyable route towards success, while you absorb the craft and incorporate it into your own writing studies. Think of this learning curve as an apprenticeship as you polish and hone the skills that will provide an outlet for your creative thoughts and that could provide you with the skills to become a published writer.
While the emphasis is on enjoyment, the projects within will test your imagination and stretch your writing skills, so that you learn steadily and consistently throughout.
Who would benefit from this course?
It will help you to understand the mind-set of professional writers, to enable you to test out your skills in new and interesting areas of creativity; and it will help you to escalate your own expertise with the written word taking your writing to the next level.
If you follow this course throughout and participate in all of the writing projects, you will find that your learning curve rises rapidly.
What is journalism? Can I really make a career out of writing? Is working from home for me? What do I need to get started? I have this great idea, but what should I do next? All of these questions and more are answered throughout the Freelance Writer Business Course.
This course teaches the many facets of blogging, novel writing, proofreading and copywriting along with many other writing methods; offering many tools and resources that seasoned writers wish they had when they first began writing as a career. Each section details the definitions used, the elements of each aspect of writing, examples, exercises and assignments that will jog the freelancer’s creative processes.
The motivation behind the Freelance Writer Business Course is to ensure that novice and seasoned writers know what it takes to build their own business as a writer – right from the comfort of their own homes. By taking a hands-on, home study course, aspiring business owners are able to study and learn at their own pace.
Who would benefit from this course?
Anyone with a flair for writing can take part in the Freelance Writer Business Course and it will also provide much needed tools and inspiration for veteran writers suffering from writer’s block, the information contained in this course will provide a wealth of knowledge that will prove beneficial to the end result: starting and progressing a business as a writer.
Receive Lifetime Access to Course Materials, so you can review at any time.
For comprehensive information on units of study click the units of study tab above.
This is an incredible opportunity to invest in yourself and your future, sharpen your training skills and learn what it takes to create your own success with Courses For Success Today!
Course Fast Facts:
- All courses are easy to follow and understand
- Unlimited lifetime access to course materials
- Study as many courses as you want
- Delivered 100% on-line and accessible 24/7 from any computer or smartphone
- You can study from home or at work, at your own pace, in your own time
- Download printer friendly course content
Course Delivery
Courses are accessed online by any device including PC, tablet or Smart Phone. Upon purchase an automated welcome email will be sent to you (please check your junk email inbox if not received as this is an automated email), in order for you to access your online course, which is Available 24/7 on any computer or smart mobile device.
Recognition & Accreditation
Upon completion of your course assessment, you will receive 3 certificates. An accredited certificate from the awarding body relating to your course, a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course and a certificate of completion.
Units of Study
Receive Lifetime Access to Course Materials, so you can review at any time.
Ghostwriting Business Bundle, 3 Courses includes the following courses, below is a summary of each course:
Course 1 - Certificate In Ghostwriting Business Online Course
Module 1: About Ghostwriting
- Part 1: Types of Ghostwriting
- Part 2: Co-Authoring
- Module 1 Assessment
Module 2: Preparing to Ghostwrite
- Part 1: Education &Background
- Part 2: Write, Rewrite and Write Again
- Part 3: Skills Ghostwriters Need
- Module 2 Assessment
Module 3: Where Ghostwriters Work
- Part 1: Where Ghostwriters Work
- Part 2: Business Structures
- Module 3 Assessment
Module 4: Starting as a Ghostwriter
- Part 1: Freelancing via Job Boards
- Part 2: Showcasing Your Writing
- Part 3: Ghostwriter Agreements
- Part 4: Sample Ghostwriter Agreement
- Part 5: Non-Disclosure Agreement
- Module 4 Assessment
Module 5: Working as a Ghostwriter
- Part 1: Type of Writing
- Part 2: Timelines, Deadlines & Milestones
- Part 3: Difficult Clients
- Module 5 Assessment
Module 6: Pre-Writing
- Part 1: Research & Pre-Writing
- Part 2: Interviews
- Part 3: Plagiarism, Citing and Plagiarism Checkers
- Module 6 Assessment
Module 7: Ghostwriting
- Part 1: Why it’s Ghost Writing
- Part 2: Style, Structure & Pizazz
- Module 7 Assessment
Module 8: Copyright
- Part 1: Copyright
- Part 2: Registering Copyrights
- Module 8 Assessment
Module 9: Proofreading, Revising & Editing
- Part 1: Proofreading
- Part 2: Revising
- Part 3: Review your Headlines
- Module 9 Assessment
Module 10: Final Manuscript
- Part 1: Parts of a Book
- Part 2: Publishing Choices
- Module 10 Assessment
Course 2 - Certificate In Creative Writing Online Course
Module 1 - The Creative Process
- Part 1: What is it?
- Part 2: Controlling Projects
- Part 3: Creating an Outline
- Part 4: Time to Write
- Module 1 Assessment
Module 2 - Writing Fiction
- Part 1: Show, Don’t Tell
- Part 2: Character Profile
- Part 3: Characteristics
- Module 2 Assessment
Module 3 - Point of View
- Point of View
- Module 3 Assessment
- Module 4 - Character Motivation
- Character Motivation
- Module 4 Assessment
Module 5 - Write What You Know
- Write What You Know
- Module 5 Assessment
Module 6 - Characters, Names and Imaginations
- Part 1: Understanding the Character Connection
- Part 2: Names
Module 7 - Beginning, Middle and Ending
- Part 1: Beginnings
- Part 2: Middles
- Part 3: Endings
- Module 7 Assessment
Module 8 - Dialogue and Descriptive Writing
- Part 1: Dialogue
- Part 2: Descriptive Writing
- Module 8 Assessment
Module 9 - Beating Writer’s Block
- Part 1: Beating Writer’s Block
- Part 2: Opening Sentences
- Module 9 Assessment
Module 10 – Tips and Creative Tasks
- Creative writing tips
- Module 10 Assessment
Module 11 – Writing Poetry
- Part 1: What is Poetry?
- Part 2: Starting Out
- Part 3: Poetry Terms
- Part 4: Light, Shade and Imagination
Module 12 – Poetry Prompts
- Poetry Prompts
- Module 12 Assessment
Module 13 - Writing the Life Story
- Part 1: Writing the Life Story
- Part 2: Flashbacks
- Module 13 Assessment
Module 14 - Going Public
- Part 1: Going Public
- Part 2: Agents and Self-publishing
Course 3 - Certificate In Freelance Writer Business Online Course
Module 1 – Purpose
- Part 1: Purpose
- Part 2: Course Description and Overview
- Module 1 Assessment
Module 2 - Starting Out
- Part 1: Starting Out
- Part 2: Grammar
- Part 3: Different Writing Genres
- Module 2 Assessment
Module 3 - Journalism
- Journalism
- Module 3 Assessment
Module 4 - Blog Writing
- Part 1: Introduction to Blogging
- Part 2: Elements of a Blog Post
- Part 3: Writing the Content
- Part 4: Blog Post Types
- Part 5: Social Media In Reference To Blogging
- Part 6: Blogging for Employers
- Part 7: WordPress as a Blogging Tool
- Module 4 Assessment
Module 5 - Fiction Writing and Nonfiction Writing
- Part 1: Introduction to Novel Writing
- Part 2: Novel Writing as a Business Model
- Part 3: Genres of Fiction Novels
- Part 4: Evoking an Emotional Response
- Part 5: Introduction to Nonfiction Writing
- Module 5 Assessment
Module 6 - Ghostwriting
- Ghostwriting
- Module 6 Assessment
Module 7 - Article Writing
- Part 1: Introduction to Article Writing
- Part 2: Magazine Article Types
- Part 3: Profile
- Part 4: Expose
- Part 5: Commissioned Articles
- Module 7 Assessment
Module 8 - Creative Writing and Freelance Writing
- Part 1: Introduction to Creative Writing
- Part 2: Introduction to Freelance Writing
- Module 8 Assessment
Module 9 - Business Writing and Academic Writing
- Part 1: Introduction to Business Writing
- Part 2: Introduction to Academic Writing
- Module 9 Assessment
Module 10 - Copywriting and Proofreading
- Part 1: Introduction to Copywriting
- Part 2: Introduction to Proofreading
- Module 10 Assessment
Module 11 - Verse, Criticism and Sports Writing
- Verse, Criticism and Sports Writing
- Module 11 Assessment
Module 12 - Writing Tools
- Writing Tools
- Module 12 Assessment
Module 13 - Where to Find Writing Work
- Part 1: Overview
- Part 2: People Per Hour
- Part 3: Freelance Writing Gigs
- Part 4: General Information
- Module 13 Assessment
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Microsoft Windows XP, or laterModern and up to date Browser (Internet Explorer 8 or later, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
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Students will also need access the following applications:
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Requirements
Entry requirements:
Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Minimum education:
Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.
Device requirements:
Students will need access to a computer/any device and the internet.
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Beginner's Guide To Ghostwriting Business
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About This Course
What you will learn - Starting Your Own Ghostwriting Business
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Get HUGE Discounts with our Ghostwriting Business Online Bundle, 3 Certificates Courses!
1. Ghostwriting Business
2. Creative Writing
3. Freelance Writer Business
1. Ghostwriting Business: Understanding Ghostwriting And It's Different Types
From this course, you will gain a greater understanding of what ghostwriting is and, just as importantly, what it is not, along with finding out about the different types of ghostwriting.
To be a good ghostwriter you don’t necessarily need to have a related degree. The Ghostwriting Business Course explores education options and provides tips and suggestions on how you can start and improve your writing. It also highlights essential skills required to be successful in this field.
There are more job opportunities for ghostwriters than you may think. This course outlines these options – covering everything from in-house and agency work, to freelancing. Should you wish to strike out on your own, the course also provides information on different business structures.
Getting your first few clients as a ghostwriter is probably the hardest part of the job. However, with the tips and tricks provided in this course, it is entirely possible – even easy. You’ll learn about using online job boards to find work, how having a niche or specialism can help you, and how to showcase your writing and gain referrals. Also covered are Ghostwriter Agreements and Non-Disclosure Agreements.
The range of writing you can undertake as a ghostwriter is vast. This course will guide you through the various types, along with how to break projects down and set timelines. You will also find out everything you need to know about billing a client, tips and suggestions on how to work virtually, and how to deal with difficult clients.
The Ghostwriting Business Course covers how to research effectively. You’ll learn how to conduct interviews for primary information, find reliable sources, verify information and evaluate an online source’s credibility. You will also gain a better understanding of plagiarism.
As a ghostwriter, you will need to adapt your voice to your client’s needs. Through studying this course you will discover how to understand, research and target your audience, adapting your writing to fit their expectations.
To protect yourself and sell your work, it’s important that you understand copyright protection. The Ghostwriting Business Course covers how this functions in the global workplace. You’ll learn how to protect your writing, register it, and reserve or release your copyrights. You will also learn about public domain and CC0 materials.
To ensure professionalism, your work must be clear, correct, and compelling. This course teaches you how to review your project – focusing on finding spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors, and checking for typos and word usage errors. You’ll also learn about subediting or copyediting and how to revise your material to increase its impact.
As a ghostwriter, you may find yourself working on a book or manuscript. From the Ghostwriting Business Course, you will learn about the various parts of a book and the sequence they should appear in, and how to finalise your work. You’ll also discover what your options are when publishing to ebook formats.
Who Would Benefit from the Course?
The primary purpose of this course is to provide all the information you need to become a successful ghostwriter, including how to set up a business selling your services. However, much of the course is relevant to non-ghostwriters who wish to improve their writing and learn about important aspects of creating and selling written work.
2. Creative Writing: Test Your Imagination and Stretch Your Writing Skills
Creative writing covers a wide variety of forms; simply, its purpose is to enable you to express, emotions, thoughts and feelings using the written word. If you would like to improve your writing skills, to try out new techniques in a variety of writing styles and to be able to create compelling works of fiction, then this course will enable you to do just that.
There are so many opportunities for writers in this digital age and the world of publishing has evolved greatly over the last few years. Publishing is now accessible to all who have a good grasp of the English language and because the world is now a predominantly much smaller place through the rise of the digital era, it is possible to become published in many English speaking countries.
This course however does not just concentrate on publishing but on the skills required that will elevate your writing abilities to the dizzy heights of professionalism. There is pleasure in the written word, creating imaginary plots and forming descriptive scenes filled with vibrancy and colour will satisfy the need to create. The knowledge of how to craft a captivating short story and to possess the ability to craft larger than life characters will stimulate those creative juices.
If you choose the road towards publication, understand that it can be a long but enjoyable route towards success, while you absorb the craft and incorporate it into your own writing studies. Think of this learning curve as an apprenticeship as you polish and hone the skills that will provide an outlet for your creative thoughts and that could provide you with the skills to become a published writer.
While the emphasis is on enjoyment, the projects within will test your imagination and stretch your writing skills, so that you learn steadily and consistently throughout.
Who would benefit from this course?
It will help you to understand the mind-set of professional writers, to enable you to test out your skills in new and interesting areas of creativity; and it will help you to escalate your own expertise with the written word taking your writing to the next level.
If you follow this course throughout and participate in all of the writing projects, you will find that your learning curve rises rapidly.
What is journalism? Can I really make a career out of writing? Is working from home for me? What do I need to get started? I have this great idea, but what should I do next? All of these questions and more are answered throughout the Freelance Writer Business Course.
This course teaches the many facets of blogging, novel writing, proofreading and copywriting along with many other writing methods; offering many tools and resources that seasoned writers wish they had when they first began writing as a career. Each section details the definitions used, the elements of each aspect of writing, examples, exercises and assignments that will jog the freelancer’s creative processes.
The motivation behind the Freelance Writer Business Course is to ensure that novice and seasoned writers know what it takes to build their own business as a writer – right from the comfort of their own homes. By taking a hands-on, home study course, aspiring business owners are able to study and learn at their own pace.
Who would benefit from this course?
Anyone with a flair for writing can take part in the Freelance Writer Business Course and it will also provide much needed tools and inspiration for veteran writers suffering from writer’s block, the information contained in this course will provide a wealth of knowledge that will prove beneficial to the end result: starting and progressing a business as a writer.
Receive Lifetime Access to Course Materials, so you can review at any time.
For comprehensive information on units of study click the units of study tab above.
This is an incredible opportunity to invest in yourself and your future, sharpen your training skills and learn what it takes to create your own success with Courses For Success Today!
Course Fast Facts:
- All courses are easy to follow and understand
- Unlimited lifetime access to course materials
- Study as many courses as you want
- Delivered 100% on-line and accessible 24/7 from any computer or smartphone
- You can study from home or at work, at your own pace, in your own time
- Download printer friendly course content
Course Delivery
Courses are accessed online by any device including PC, tablet or Smart Phone. Upon purchase an automated welcome email will be sent to you (please check your junk email inbox if not received as this is an automated email), in order for you to access your online course, which is Available 24/7 on any computer or smart mobile device.
Recognition & Accreditation
Upon completion of your course assessment, you will receive 3 certificates. An accredited certificate from the awarding body relating to your course, a CPD certificate displaying the number of CPD points earned from the course and a certificate of completion.
Units of Study
Receive Lifetime Access to Course Materials, so you can review at any time.
Ghostwriting Business Bundle, 3 Courses includes the following courses, below is a summary of each course:
Course 1 - Certificate In Ghostwriting Business Online Course
Module 1: About Ghostwriting
- Part 1: Types of Ghostwriting
- Part 2: Co-Authoring
- Module 1 Assessment
Module 2: Preparing to Ghostwrite
- Part 1: Education &Background
- Part 2: Write, Rewrite and Write Again
- Part 3: Skills Ghostwriters Need
- Module 2 Assessment
Module 3: Where Ghostwriters Work
- Part 1: Where Ghostwriters Work
- Part 2: Business Structures
- Module 3 Assessment
Module 4: Starting as a Ghostwriter
- Part 1: Freelancing via Job Boards
- Part 2: Showcasing Your Writing
- Part 3: Ghostwriter Agreements
- Part 4: Sample Ghostwriter Agreement
- Part 5: Non-Disclosure Agreement
- Module 4 Assessment
Module 5: Working as a Ghostwriter
- Part 1: Type of Writing
- Part 2: Timelines, Deadlines & Milestones
- Part 3: Difficult Clients
- Module 5 Assessment
Module 6: Pre-Writing
- Part 1: Research & Pre-Writing
- Part 2: Interviews
- Part 3: Plagiarism, Citing and Plagiarism Checkers
- Module 6 Assessment
Module 7: Ghostwriting
- Part 1: Why it’s Ghost Writing
- Part 2: Style, Structure & Pizazz
- Module 7 Assessment
Module 8: Copyright
- Part 1: Copyright
- Part 2: Registering Copyrights
- Module 8 Assessment
Module 9: Proofreading, Revising & Editing
- Part 1: Proofreading
- Part 2: Revising
- Part 3: Review your Headlines
- Module 9 Assessment
Module 10: Final Manuscript
- Part 1: Parts of a Book
- Part 2: Publishing Choices
- Module 10 Assessment
Course 2 - Certificate In Creative Writing Online Course
Module 1 - The Creative Process
- Part 1: What is it?
- Part 2: Controlling Projects
- Part 3: Creating an Outline
- Part 4: Time to Write
- Module 1 Assessment
Module 2 - Writing Fiction
- Part 1: Show, Don’t Tell
- Part 2: Character Profile
- Part 3: Characteristics
- Module 2 Assessment
Module 3 - Point of View
- Point of View
- Module 3 Assessment
- Module 4 - Character Motivation
- Character Motivation
- Module 4 Assessment
Module 5 - Write What You Know
- Write What You Know
- Module 5 Assessment
Module 6 - Characters, Names and Imaginations
- Part 1: Understanding the Character Connection
- Part 2: Names
Module 7 - Beginning, Middle and Ending
- Part 1: Beginnings
- Part 2: Middles
- Part 3: Endings
- Module 7 Assessment
Module 8 - Dialogue and Descriptive Writing
- Part 1: Dialogue
- Part 2: Descriptive Writing
- Module 8 Assessment
Module 9 - Beating Writer’s Block
- Part 1: Beating Writer’s Block
- Part 2: Opening Sentences
- Module 9 Assessment
Module 10 – Tips and Creative Tasks
- Creative writing tips
- Module 10 Assessment
Module 11 – Writing Poetry
- Part 1: What is Poetry?
- Part 2: Starting Out
- Part 3: Poetry Terms
- Part 4: Light, Shade and Imagination
Module 12 – Poetry Prompts
- Poetry Prompts
- Module 12 Assessment
Module 13 - Writing the Life Story
- Part 1: Writing the Life Story
- Part 2: Flashbacks
- Module 13 Assessment
Module 14 - Going Public
- Part 1: Going Public
- Part 2: Agents and Self-publishing
Course 3 - Certificate In Freelance Writer Business Online Course
Module 1 – Purpose
- Part 1: Purpose
- Part 2: Course Description and Overview
- Module 1 Assessment
Module 2 - Starting Out
- Part 1: Starting Out
- Part 2: Grammar
- Part 3: Different Writing Genres
- Module 2 Assessment
Module 3 - Journalism
- Journalism
- Module 3 Assessment
Module 4 - Blog Writing
- Part 1: Introduction to Blogging
- Part 2: Elements of a Blog Post
- Part 3: Writing the Content
- Part 4: Blog Post Types
- Part 5: Social Media In Reference To Blogging
- Part 6: Blogging for Employers
- Part 7: WordPress as a Blogging Tool
- Module 4 Assessment
Module 5 - Fiction Writing and Nonfiction Writing
- Part 1: Introduction to Novel Writing
- Part 2: Novel Writing as a Business Model
- Part 3: Genres of Fiction Novels
- Part 4: Evoking an Emotional Response
- Part 5: Introduction to Nonfiction Writing
- Module 5 Assessment
Module 6 - Ghostwriting
- Ghostwriting
- Module 6 Assessment
Module 7 - Article Writing
- Part 1: Introduction to Article Writing
- Part 2: Magazine Article Types
- Part 3: Profile
- Part 4: Expose
- Part 5: Commissioned Articles
- Module 7 Assessment
Module 8 - Creative Writing and Freelance Writing
- Part 1: Introduction to Creative Writing
- Part 2: Introduction to Freelance Writing
- Module 8 Assessment
Module 9 - Business Writing and Academic Writing
- Part 1: Introduction to Business Writing
- Part 2: Introduction to Academic Writing
- Module 9 Assessment
Module 10 - Copywriting and Proofreading
- Part 1: Introduction to Copywriting
- Part 2: Introduction to Proofreading
- Module 10 Assessment
Module 11 - Verse, Criticism and Sports Writing
- Verse, Criticism and Sports Writing
- Module 11 Assessment
Module 12 - Writing Tools
- Writing Tools
- Module 12 Assessment
Module 13 - Where to Find Writing Work
- Part 1: Overview
- Part 2: People Per Hour
- Part 3: Freelance Writing Gigs
- Part 4: General Information
- Module 13 Assessment
Requirements
Entry requirements
Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Minimum education
Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.
Computer requirements
Students will need access to a computer and the internet.
Minimum specifications for the computer are:
Windows:
Microsoft Windows XP, or laterModern and up to date Browser (Internet Explorer 8 or later, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
MAC/iOS
OSX/iOS 6 or laterModern and up to date Browser (Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
All systems
Internet bandwidth of 1Mb or fasterFlash player or a browser with HTML5 video capabilities(Currently Internet Explorer 9, Firefox, Chrome, Safari)
Students will also need access the following applications:
Adobe Acrobat Reader
Requirements
Entry requirements:
Students must have basic literacy and numeracy skills.
Minimum education:
Open entry. Previous schooling and academic achievements are not required for entry into this course.
Device requirements:
Students will need access to a computer/any device and the internet.
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Of course, you will need to be able to self-manage your time and be organized, but with our help, you’ll soon find yourself settling into a comfortable rhythm of study.
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The majority of our courses have unlimited lifetime access, meaning you can access this course whenever you want.
Please also check the course summary, as a small selection of courses have limited access.
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