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CERTIFICATE IN CREATIVE WRITING VWR004

Duration (approx) 600 hours
Qualification
Certificate

Why Study Creative Writing?

Is it worth studying creative writing? Some people will say no, but there are many authors who recommend that you do study creative writing if you would like to be a writer.  Honing your craft by looking at other authors, working with experienced tutors, getting essential feedback on your work – all of these things are useful for the aspiring writer.

Who Is This Course Suitable For?

This course is suitable for anyone wanting to become a writer. Or writers who want to improve and develop their writing further.

You can study this course for personal interest or as a useful addition to your CV.

What Will You Learn in This Course?

Nurture your creativity and become a successful writer.

Develop your writing skills with help from our highly qualified and experienced tutors.

Understand different areas of fiction –

  • Find your niche.
  • Find your writing strengths and weaknesses.
  • Develop your talent.
  • Find out what it takes to be a successful creative writer.

Study -

  • Writing for adults and children.
  • How to write dramatic stories.
  • How to write poems.
  • How to edit your work.
  • Enhance and improve your writing skills.
  • Hone your technique.
  • Find new ways to get new ideas.
  • Develop your ideas.

Modules

Core ModulesThese modules provide foundation knowledge for the CERTIFICATE IN CREATIVE WRITING VWR004
 CHILDREN'S WRITING BWR104
 CREATIVE WRITING BWR103
 DRAMATIC WRITING BWR110
 EDITING I - BWR106
 WRITING FICTION BWR105
 WRITING POETRY BWR109

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Creative writing is stimulating, but also challenging, and not always completely what the student expects it to be. If you want to be a successful, creative writer, and have the commitment to follow that dream then this course could be the path you have been looking for.

WHERE CAN CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS BE USED?

There are many different types of writing which may be regarded as creative writing. Occasionally, a genre may lose popularity and drift into obscurity. Likewise, every so often, a new genre may evolve which becomes subsumed under the canopy of creative writing. For instance, a relatively new genera is that of 'flash fiction'.  Flash fiction involves writing a very short story. There is no universal agreement of how short, but the word length ranges from 300 words to 1000 words.  

The chief categories of creative writing are poetry and prose. In fact, all writing is either poetry or prose. Whilst all poetry is creative, not all prose is. For instance, a statute is a written law which most would not consider to be creative writing - although the law itself may be quite inventive. Creative prose can include:

  • Novels.
  • Autobiographies.
  • Magazine and newspaper articles.
  • Plays.
  • Film scripts, and more.
  • Marketing and Advertising.
  • Letters, emails, memos.
  • Within prose and poetry are many subcategories.

What do our students think of the creative writing courses?

"I found the course to be extremely helpful. It has given me the confidence and skills to present my work to publishers."
Dilys, Creative Writing
 
"I commenced the Creative Writing Course with the ACS having had no prior experience in this field whatsoever. Having always been in accounting or payroll jobs, I decided to give the course a go. The course demonstrated to me what I enjoyed writing about, the types of writing I was good at, and not so good at. It broadened my horizon to show me what was out there to write about. It gave me knowledge and confidence. I have continued to write, and in the future want to commence with the next course, but in the meantime, I have submitted various articles of mine to some magazines and have had nothing but positive feedback from all the editors and some of my work is to be published!! Which I personally feel is fantastic as I have only been doing this for a year or so. Thank you for opening up a whole new world of creativity to me which I can only enhance upon!"
Jo, Creative Writing

What Next?

If you want to -

  • Learn how to take your ideas and develop them.
  • Find the type of writing that works for you and learn how to plan, produce and edit your own work ready to submit to publishers.
  • Discover how to source publishers and submit drafts of your work.

Then this is the course for you.

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Meet some of our academics

John MasonMr Mason has worked 45+ years in Writing, Education, Horticulture and Recreation. His experience in both public & private sectors is extensive; particularly across Australia and England.
Dr. Gareth PearceGraduated from the University of Nottingham in 1982 with a B.Sc.(Hons) in Animal Science. Between 82 and 85 worked as Research Assistant and Demonstator in Animal Science at the University of Leeds. Over more than 30 years he has furthered his studies, obtaining eight significant university qualifications including degrees in Veterinary Science, Wildlife Conservation and Animal Behaviour. Gareth has significant teaching experience around the world as a faculty member at eight different universities including Associate Professor at Murdoch University and Director of Studies in Veterinary Science at Cambridge University. He has over 100 prestigious research papers published, and enjoys an outstanding international reputation in the fields of animal and veterinary science.
Maggi BrownMaggi is regarded as an expert in organic growing throughout the UK, having worked for two decades as Education Officer at the world renowned Henry Doubleday Research Association. She has been active in education, environmental management and horticulture across the UK for more than three decades. Some of Maggi's qualifications include RHS Cert. Hort. Cert. Ed. Member RHS Life Member Garden Organic (HDRA) .
Tracey Jones (writing)Tracey has enjoyed creative writing since she was a child. She has had several short stories published and a novella. She is also a keen writer of children's stories and poetry. She has also written many academic and non-fiction books in the fields of psychology, sociology, child development, writing and marketing.


Check out our eBooks

Writing for Childrenby John Mason and staff of ACS Distance Education
English GrammarThe English Grammar ebook can be a great reference for students, people who are learning English and anybody who writes anything- ever. The English Grammar ebook takes grammar back to basics to help confirm correct use of grammar. Topics that are covered within this course include 1/ Introduction- the components of language, 2/ Types of words, 3/ Punctuation, 4/ Upper and lower case, abbreviations, numbers, bullet points and 5/ Using words together.
Professional WritingProfessional writing is any writing that you are being paid for. It can include fiction writing, a best-selling book, articles in a magazine, articles in a newspaper, blogs for companies, technical manuals or procedure manuals, copy for catalogues, newsletters, text books and other academic material and so on.
Creative WritingThe Creative Writing ebook can be useful for writing students or even professional writers to help improve their writing techniques and skills. The Creative Writing ebook is a fabulous starting point for budding writers. The topics that are covered within this book are an introduction to creative writing, Methodology and technique- the building blocks of writing, Genres, Creative non-fiction, creative writing techniques, developing your skill, building your career and a Glossary.