Random House Struik Write a Non-Fiction Story | Short course

Registrations close:	25 October 2013
Course begins:	4 November 2013
Course fee:	R8,500 (excl. VAT) R9,690 (incl. VAT)

7 hours per week

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The course in a nutshell:

16-week part-time short course presented online throughout South Africa
Learn the principles of writing a non-fiction story including biography, autobiography, memoir, travel adventure or even historical account
Be guided and mentored through your journey of compiling a 10-page non-fiction story
Gain the opportunity to get published under Random House Struik's eKhaya imprint.

About Random House Struik:

Random House Struik is the largest general trade publisher in southern Africa, with six local imprints – Struik Lifestyle, Struik Nature, Struik Travel & Heritage, Zebra Press, Umuzi and eKhaya. The Random House Group is one of the world's largest book publishing companies and operates in many countries around the world.

Course modules:

Module 1    Finding your story
Module 2    Researching your story
Module 3    Writing biographies
Module 4    The first-person narrator
Module 5    Characters
Module 6    Preparation for the writing interval
                    Four-week writing interval
Module 7    Story review
Module 8    Writing descriptions
Module 9    Dialogue
Module 10 Starting the story
Module 11 Concluding
Module 12 Preparing your story for publication

Who should attend this course?

This course is designed for both current and aspiring non-fiction writers interested in writing a biography, autobiography, memoir, travel adventure or historical account.