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Provided by: Training Link Education S.E.A Combined Diploma in Journalism & Fiction WritingJournalism |
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Training
Provided by Training Link Education S.E.A
Aim:
One Course combining both the Diploma in Freelance Journalism & Diploma in Fiction Writing at a discounted course fee.
Content:
Please see the information above.
The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home. Students receive course manual, assignments and studyguide plus tutor support by mail and email. You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of registration. Each element is followed by a written assignment, which is submitted and marked by your tutor. There is no external examination required.
Related Awards, Degrees or Certifications: ASET
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Combined Diploma in Journalism & Fiction Writing
Diploma in Fiction Writing
Aim: The aim of this self-study course is to provide a comprehensive guide to the skills and techniques of writing fiction successfully, and will enable students to study a variety of styles. The course also examines practical aspects of getting published plus the essential elements of both short stories and novels.
Target Audience: This programme is designed for anyone considering professional authoring for a variety of media including books, short stories, radio and television.
Content: The course is divided up into 8 units, as follows:
Introduction
Content
Style
Techniques
Marketing
Unit 1 The Short Story
How to study and analyse it
Studying the market
Overseas markets
Writing is a business
How do I find ideas?
How do I present my manuscript?
Where do I find facts?
Unit 2 - The Theme
Choosing a theme
The basic emotion
First or third person?
Get out of the way
Reader identification
Setting
Style
Unit 3 The Plot
Plotting
Accuracy
The plot scheme
A twist in the tale
Finding a plot
Conflict, tension & Suspense
Balance and pace
Unit 4 The Characters
Your chief character
Names
Can people be plots?
Characterisation
Motives
Mannerisms
Minor Characters
Hero, Heroine, Villain or Clown
How people operate
Unit 5 Getting Started
How to start?
The plot thickens
Stuck?
Handling Transitions
How to end?
Your work plan
Rules are made to be broken
Unit 6 Title & Dialogue
Choosing a title
Writing Dialogue
Grammar, dialect and slang
Types of short story
The serial
Unit 7 Practical Details
Copyright
The laws of defamation
Agents and Vanity Publishers
Keeping records
Payment
Income Tax
Expenses
Writing for radio
Writing for television
Presenting a TV drama
Unit 8 Writing a Novel
Structure
Action, Thriller, Mystery
Science Fiction
Crime & Detective novels
Historical novels
Serious novels
Final points
Tutor Marked Assignments
Final Assignment
Diploma in Freelance Journalism
Aim: The objective of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to produce professional standard journalistic articles and to know how to market them.
During the course students will examine and practice the four main questions of journalism:
WHAT to write,
HOW to write it,
WHICH techniques to use and,
WHERE to submit your work
. And specifically examine
Content
Style
Techniques
Marketing
Target Audience: This programme is designed for people who wish to gain or improve their skills in journalistic writing and marketing their copy to a range of printed media.
Content: The course is divided up into 8 units, as follows:
Unit 1 : Introduction
What can this course do for you?
Why do we need content?
How is style arrived at?
How do we know what an editor wants?
Where is analysis important?
Unit 2: Markets
Presentation
Keeping records
What the editor wants
How to analyse
What the reader wants
Unit 3 : Content
What do I write?
Why do I need to find ideas?
How do I save time and trouble?
When do some themes not sell?
Where is interviewing a factor?
Unit 4 : Style
How do I write?
Why do I need to find the right tone?
How do I use the basics well?
When do I use structure?
Where is re-writing a factor?
Unit 5 : Techniques
What techniques will help me sell my work?
Why do I need new angles?
How do basic techniques help?
When is the "writer's dozen" valuable?
Where is self-discipline a factor?
Unit 6 : Practical Matters
What is defamation?
Why is reputation important?
How do I avoid libel?
When is copyright important?
Where are photographs a factor?
Unit 7: Fiction Writing
What do editors not want?
Why is market analysis valuable?
How do I undertake market analysis? When is plotting useful?
Where is characterisation a factor?
Unit 8 : No Excuses Verse, Criticism and Sports Writing
What is critical writing?
Why does verse usually not sell?
How do I see about income tax?
When is executive writing used?
Where are expenses a factor?
Tutor Marked AssignmentsFinal Assessment
Format: The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home. Students receive course manual, assignments and studyguide plus tutor support by mail and email. You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of registration. Each element is followed by a written assignment, which is submitted and marked by your tutor. There is no external examination required.
Award: ASET
Aim: The aim of this self-study course is to provide a comprehensive guide to the skills and techniques of writing fiction successfully, and will enable students to study a variety of styles. The course also examines practical aspects of getting published plus the essential elements of both short stories and novels.
Target Audience: This programme is designed for anyone considering professional authoring for a variety of media including books, short stories, radio and television.
Content: The course is divided up into 8 units, as follows:
Introduction
Content
Style
Techniques
Marketing
Unit 1 The Short Story
How to study and analyse it
Studying the market
Overseas markets
Writing is a business
How do I find ideas?
How do I present my manuscript?
Where do I find facts?
Unit 2 - The Theme
Choosing a theme
The basic emotion
First or third person?
Get out of the way
Reader identification
Setting
Style
Unit 3 The Plot
Plotting
Accuracy
The plot scheme
A twist in the tale
Finding a plot
Conflict, tension & Suspense
Balance and pace
Unit 4 The Characters
Your chief character
Names
Can people be plots?
Characterisation
Motives
Mannerisms
Minor Characters
Hero, Heroine, Villain or Clown
How people operate
Unit 5 Getting Started
How to start?
The plot thickens
Stuck?
Handling Transitions
How to end?
Your work plan
Rules are made to be broken
Unit 6 Title & Dialogue
Choosing a title
Writing Dialogue
Grammar, dialect and slang
Types of short story
The serial
Unit 7 Practical Details
Copyright
The laws of defamation
Agents and Vanity Publishers
Keeping records
Payment
Income Tax
Expenses
Writing for radio
Writing for television
Presenting a TV drama
Unit 8 Writing a Novel
Structure
Action, Thriller, Mystery
Science Fiction
Crime & Detective novels
Historical novels
Serious novels
Final points
Tutor Marked Assignments
Final Assignment
Diploma in Freelance Journalism
Aim: The objective of this course is to provide students with the knowledge and skills to produce professional standard journalistic articles and to know how to market them.
During the course students will examine and practice the four main questions of journalism:
WHAT to write,
HOW to write it,
WHICH techniques to use and,
WHERE to submit your work
. And specifically examine
Content
Style
Techniques
Marketing
Target Audience: This programme is designed for people who wish to gain or improve their skills in journalistic writing and marketing their copy to a range of printed media.
Content: The course is divided up into 8 units, as follows:
Unit 1 : Introduction
What can this course do for you?
Why do we need content?
How is style arrived at?
How do we know what an editor wants?
Where is analysis important?
Unit 2: Markets
Presentation
Keeping records
What the editor wants
How to analyse
What the reader wants
Unit 3 : Content
What do I write?
Why do I need to find ideas?
How do I save time and trouble?
When do some themes not sell?
Where is interviewing a factor?
Unit 4 : Style
How do I write?
Why do I need to find the right tone?
How do I use the basics well?
When do I use structure?
Where is re-writing a factor?
Unit 5 : Techniques
What techniques will help me sell my work?
Why do I need new angles?
How do basic techniques help?
When is the "writer's dozen" valuable?
Where is self-discipline a factor?
Unit 6 : Practical Matters
What is defamation?
Why is reputation important?
How do I avoid libel?
When is copyright important?
Where are photographs a factor?
Unit 7: Fiction Writing
What do editors not want?
Why is market analysis valuable?
How do I undertake market analysis? When is plotting useful?
Where is characterisation a factor?
Unit 8 : No Excuses Verse, Criticism and Sports Writing
What is critical writing?
Why does verse usually not sell?
How do I see about income tax?
When is executive writing used?
Where are expenses a factor?
Tutor Marked AssignmentsFinal Assessment
Format: The course is designed for study by distance learning at work or at home. Students receive course manual, assignments and studyguide plus tutor support by mail and email. You can start at any time and plan your studies over a period of up to one year from the time of registration. Each element is followed by a written assignment, which is submitted and marked by your tutor. There is no external examination required.
Award: ASET
About The Training Provider: Training Link Education S.E.A
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