Writing Courses

Book Writing Course – Writing a Best–Seller

Share your stories with the world!

Fancy yourself as the next Stephen King or Patricia Cornwall? Got a great story in your head just waiting to hit the shelves?

The Australian College of Journalism's Writing a Best-Seller course gives you the knowledge you’ll need to turn your grand ideas into lucrative page-turners. You'll learn how to craft tales about endearing characters in conflict, and develop plots laced with betrayal, suspense, climax, resolution and redemption.

As well as helping you to refine your writing skills, this course will also provide you with valuable grounding in the business aspects of writing, outlining what it takes to attract the attention of publishers and get your masterpiece out to the world.

What you will learn

  • Structure, pace and suspense
  • First page, first chapter
  • Editing and polishing your novel
  • Marketing your novel
  • Writing effective dialogue
  • The technology debate
  • Promote yourself to success
  • So you want to write a best-selling novel?
  • Plotting your novel
  • Research, setting and mood
  • The self-publishing option

Career prospects

As an author, you are only limited by your own ambition and imagination. If you have what it takes to create a 'best-seller', the income potential is enormous. Think sequels, mutli-book publishing deals, movie adaptations.. the possibilities are endless!

Potential job roles include:

  • Author
  • Novelist