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Writing a Bestseller


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Writing a Bestseller: 12 Tutorials

Award:
Diploma of Professional Writing (Writing a Bestseller) ACJ127NOV


Want to write the great Australian novel but aren't sure where to begin? Or, maybe you've already got a manuscript that's been sitting in a drawer because you don't think it's quite up to scratch? This Course is for you!

Throughout the Course you will develop ideas and material relating specifically to the areas of popular fiction that most interest you.

You will know how to structure your work and develop your style so that your readers will be dying to know more. Just some of the things you will learn about include:

  • creating your characters
  • the best way to plot your story
  • finding ideas
  • the importance of good dialogue
  • how to use accents, slang and cliches
  • the structure for a scene
  • conflict, pace and tension
  • submitting a manuscript
  • giving editors what they ask for
  • the structure of a proposal
  • active voice
  • editing your work
  • rewriting and redrafting
  • financial records and taxation
  • where to find group support
  • self promotion
  • building a career

Whether your genre is sci-fi, crime and suspense or even romance, we can take you step by step through the process of writing a popular fiction novel.

Tutorials

The Course includes all reference materials, Hidden Writing Opportunities and Media Markets Directory.

Writing a Bestseller
ACJ116NOV/1 So You Want to Write a Bestselling Novel
ACJ116NOV/2 Plotting Your Novel
ACJ116NOV/3 The Characters in Your Story
ACJ116NOV/4 Writing Effective Dialogue
ACJ116NOV/5 Research, Setting and Mood
ACJ116NOV/6 Structure, Pace and Suspense
ACJ116NOV/7 First Page, First Chapter
ACJ116NOV/8 Editing and Polishing Your Novel
ACJ116NOV/9 Marketing Your Novel
ACJ116NOV/10 The Self Publishing Option
ACJ116NOV/11 The Technology Debate
ACJ116NOV/12 Promote Yourself to Success

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1Ezy Payment Plan
3/6 Ezy Payment Plan
6/12 Ezy Payment Plan
12/24 Ezy Payment Plan

Diploma:
Writing a Bestseller

$990.00 $148.50 $841.50 $85.00 Deposit and Balance of $793.63 within 21 days $85.00 Deposit and 3 monthly instalments of $276.92 $85.00 Deposit and 6 monthly instalments of $144.65 $85.00 Deposit and 12 monthly instalments of $75.42

GST inclusive
Please contact the College on 1800 252 775 for:
- fortnightly payment options
- additional subsidies for pensioners, post-graduates and employer groups
- recognition of prior learning arrangements.

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ts provided by Australian News Syndicate Pty Ltd.

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