GetSmarter: Random House Struik Creative Writing Course

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GetSmarter is a high-touch online education company that works together with top universities and industry experts to present a portfolio of courses throughout South Africa.

COURSE NAME:

  • Random House Struik Creative Writing Course

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

  • 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.
  • 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

COURSE DURATION:

  • 10-week part-time online course

COURSE DATES:

  • Course starts 12 March 2012.

COURSE LOCATION:

  • This course is based online through the internet, therefore available throughout South Africa and abroad.

PREREQUISITES:

  • The only requirement is that you have an email address and access to the internet, since all aspects of the course are conducted online.

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