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\\\'re an aspiring romance writer seeking a happy ending to your publishing endeavours, you and this course are a match made in heaven.
Publishers like Harlequin and Mills & Boon are always hungry for authors with original ideas, strong characters and a good line in love scenes, and with the recent explosion of sub-genres, particularly supernatural romance, there\'s plenty of opportunity worldwide. In fact, Australian romance writers are published in 120 countries and 26 languages (source: Romance Writers of Australia).
The Cengage Education Romance Writing course gives aspiring writers a helping hand in turning their passion into prose, with advice on the essentials: the use of conflict, tension and how to pace your story, as well as how to make your story stand out to editors.
Subjects
- So you want to write romance fiction
- Leading man, leading lady
- Plotting your romance novel
- First chapter, first meeting
- Setting and sensuality
- A deft touch with dialogue
- Romantic research and sub-genres
- Conflict, pace and tension
- Writing the romantic short story
- Style and humour
- The final polish
- As you move towards success
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.
