Advanced Freelance Writing (Applied Writing)

Course CodeBWR201
Fee CodeS3
Duration (approx)100 hours
QualificationTo obtain formal documentation the optional exam(s) must be completed which will incur an additional fee of $36. Alternatively, a letter of completion may be requested.

Freelance Writing Self-Paced Course | Master Commercial Writing Techniques

  • Develop advanced freelance writing skills and learn to create engaging, commercially appealing content across multiple writing genres.

  • Explore feature articles, journalism, newsletters, educational, technical, biographical and fiction writing while developing confidence for freelance opportunities.

  • 8 lessons + 8 assignments | Written questions | Practical exercises.

  • Highly experienced and educated tutors | Feedback on all assignments | No deadlines.

  • Useful training course for bloggers, writers, content editors, copywriters, web development writers, marketing writers, article writers, teachers etc.

  • Become a freelance writer | Write articles | Develop a commercial approach to your work.

 

Lesson Structure

There are 8 lessons in this course:

  1. Introduction.
    • Writing Themes, Sentence Structure, Summary Skills, Theme Development (e.g. Deductive, Inductive, Classic, Chronological, Descriptive, Analogy, Cause & Effect, Classification, Definition Analysis, Comparison & Contrast, Flashback etc.).
  2. Writing a Regular Column
    • Newsletters, News Columns, Criticism Journalism (e.g. Theater Critics, Book Reviews, Film Reviews, etc.).
  3. Educational Writing
    • Interviewing Skills, Illustrating an article, Putting it all together.
  4. Scientific Writing
    • Technical Writing, Statistics.
  5. Writing a Biographical Story
    • Developing a draft plan, Research, Writing the final manuscript.
  6. Writing a News Article
    • Analysing a news article; writing and illustrating a sporting event.
  7. Fiction Writing
    • Category Writing; Mainstream Writing; Characteristics of good fiction, such as a strong plot, a hero or heroine, obvious motivation, plenty of action, a colourful background. Forming and developing an idea.
  8. Other Writing
    • TV & Radio Scripts, Science Fiction, Conducting a Survey; Developing a Story.

Aims

  • Review basic writing skills and discuss theme development.
  • Develop skills in writing a regular magazine or newspaper column.
  • Describe the key elements of educational writing.
  • Describe the key elements of technical writing.
  • Develop skills in interviewing and preparing a biographical story.
  • Develop skills in writing news articles.
  • Develop skills in writing fiction.
  • Describe other writing styles including script writing.

What do students think of our freelance writing course?

"This Freelance Writing course has been one of my most favourite due to the ease and flexibility of correspondence. I have found the staff always helpful and friendly. I appreciated that there were no deadlines, and I could complete the work involved when I had time."

Janine, Freelance Writing

 

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Meet some Of our academics

John Mason

John Mason is one of Australia's most prolific writers. He saw his first work published when at secondary school, where he worked on the school magazine. In 1973 he was writing a weekly column for his local newspaper and by 1975 he was a regular contributor to Australia's national magazine "Your Garden". John was engaged by Victoria's Dept of Youth, Sport and Recreation to write a book on Fun and Fitness Trails in 1978. In 1981 he saw two more books published (one in America, another in Australia), and commenced writing regularly for the Self Sufficiency Magazine, Grass Roots. John is a long term member of the Australian Society of Authors, the Garden Media Guild (UK) and the Horticultural Media Association (Australia). He has written or contributed to over 100 books, many published by international publishers and published more than 2,000 articles across a range of genres (Gardening, Education, Business, Farming, Fitness). In addition, John has contributed to and overseen the development of more than 600 distance education courses which encompass around 20 million words. He has been an avid photographer for 40 years, building a collection of over 100,000 images, which are used to illustrate his work. His marine animal photos are even used by Legoland in England, on their Atlantis ride! Writer, Manager, Teacher and Businessman with over 40 years interenational experience covering Education, Publishing, Leisure Management, Education, and Horticulture. He has extensive experience both as a public servant, and as a small business owner. John is a well respected member of many professional associations, and author of over seventy books and of over two thousand magazine articles.

Rachel Syers

Rachel has worked as a newspaper journalist for the past 15 years in a range of roles from sub-editor and social columnist to news reporter, covering rounds such as education, health, council, music, television, court, police, Aboriginal and Islander affairs, and agriculture. Her current role is Fashion Editor, features writer and features sub-editor with The Gold Coast Bulletin. She has co-authored a successful biography "Roma: From Prison to Paradise" about former prisoner-of-war turned yoga guru, Roma Blair, as well as freelanced as a writer, reviewer and researcher for Australian music and celebrity magazines such as WHO Weekly, Rave, Australasian Post and New Idea. Rachel has a B.Journalism.

Tracey Jones

Writer, Teacher, Psychologist and Sleep Therapist. Over 20 years working with ACS.


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