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
Future J.K Rowlings take note! Turning your talents in writing for children into a career could be simpler than you think.
Cengage Education's Professional Children's Writing course shows you how to apply your writing flair to key niches within the children's market. It will help you develop your skills in writing teen fiction as well as general non-fiction, story books for 9 to12-year-olds and early readers aged 6-8, plus picture books.
Importantly, the course also shows you how to turn your writing into a business, outlining basic marketing practices, presentation to publishers, networking with other writers and all the inside info you'll need to realise your dreams.
Subjects
- So you want to write for children
- Generating story ideas
- Picture books
- Story books
- How to create interesting characters
- Dialogue and setting
- Writing non-fiction for children
- Writing for teenagers; writing short stories
- Genre fiction: all kinds of stories
- Writing for the education market
- How to make your stories sparkle
- Marketing your work and building your career
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
