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Random House Struik Creative Writing | Short Course

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Registrations close: Course begins: Cost:	17 September 2010 27 September 2010 R6,600 (excl. VAT)

The course in a nutshell:

10-week part-time creative writing short course presented entirely online
Teaches students the techniques of good story writing for fiction and non-fiction
Highly practical, with 5 written pieces completed during the course
Continuous guidance, monitoring and assistance is provided by the Course Convener and Course Coordinator
Students form part of a creative online writing community and interact through a learning-based website
Top manuscripts will be submitted to Random House Struik for consideration
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About Random House Struik:

Random House Struik is the largest general trade publisher in southern Africa, following the recent merger of Random House and Struik Publishers. The Random House Group is one of the world's largest book publishing companies and operates in the UK, Australia, Europe, India, New Zealand, USA, Canada, South America and has now joined forces with Struik Publishing in South Africa.

Why should you take this creative writing course? Ron, the Course Convener, explains:

Course modules:

Module 1    Planning the story
Module 2    The importance of beginnings
Module 3    Characters and characterisation
Module 4    Plot vs. story
Module 5    Dialogue
Module 6    Point of view
Module 7    Conflict
Module 8    Revision
Module 9    Tying it all up
Module 10 Approaching publishers & agents with your finished work

Who should attend this course?

This creative writing course is designed for anyone who wants to bring more flair, drama and passion to their writing. It is ideal for anyone who has dreamed of writing a novel or a short story, for accomplished writers of fiction who want to brush up on their skills and for non-fiction writers who want to use dramatic storytelling techniques to make their work come alive. Professional editors can also benefit from this course by learning the basic techniques of the creative craft of writing.

For more details, please contact:

Contact person: Karin
Telephone: +27 (0)21 685 4775
Email: karin@getsmarter.co.za

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Ronald Irwin is the Course Convener for the Random House Struik Creative Writing course. Click here for more information on Ronald.