Open Colleges is the new name for Cengage Education, and is Australia\'s oldest and most respected provider of Online and distance education courses. We deliver over 130 online and distance education courses, including an extensive range of nationally recognised Certificates and Diplomas.  

The Open Colleges difference:

·         Nationally accredited: This ensures your qualification is recognised by industry around Australia.

·         Start today! Open Colleges courses offer you ultimate flexibility. There is no need to attend classes at a campus or wait for an intake or start date. You can start your course whenever it suits you!

·         Study from home at your own pace: You can study from home at your own pace. You can a choose to receive your learning materials by mail or online.

·         Benefit from 100 years of history: Open Colleges has been delivering distance education to Australians for more than 100 years. Join over 700,000 Australians who have studied with Open Colleges. Unlike many other institutions, we are specialists in distance learning.

·         We help you to succeed: Open Colleges provides you with comprehensive support throughout your studies. From access to ‘OpenSpace’ — our online learning portal — to support from experienced tutors, we help you every step of the way.

·         Affordable fees: Open Colleges provides you with a range of different payment plan options. You can pay upfront and get a discount on your fees or you can choose to pay by instalment – including weekly, fortnightly and monthly options.

·         Articulation opportunities: Once you have completed this course, you may receive credit if you wish to pursue further education.

Course description

If you envisage seeing your name on the jacket of tell-all biographies or crime exposes, then the life of a non-fiction writer could be for you.

Add features, reports, speeches, reference books and histories to the list, and the opportunities are even greater for writers with great ideas and the appropriate skills base. Cengage Education\'s Non-fiction Writing & Publishing course will help you to develop the confidence to take on any non-fiction writing task. You\'ll learn how to plan your project effectively and discover ways of using research and interviews to reinforce your ideas.

The business aspects of working as a writer -- marketing, publishing and selecting an agent -- are also on the lesson-plan, so you can put success firmly in your sights.

Subjects

• The wide, wide world of non-fiction
• Developing your ideas
• Planning your book
• Anecdotes and quizzes
• Writing articles
• Writing for the internet
• The youth market
• Collaborating, ghostwriting and self-publishing
• Research and interviews
• Editing and polishing your work
• Selling your work: query letters, proposals, copywriting tricks
• Where to from here?

Entry requirements

English language requirements

If English is your second language and you did not complete the last two years of secondary education in English, you are required to provide evidence of English language competence before enrolling.