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Get started with your own fiction writing, focusing on the central skill of creating characters, with this hand-on Start Writing Fiction course from The Open University by FutureLearn.

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Overview

On this Start Writing Fiction course from The Open University by FutureLearn , established writers – including Louis de Bernières, Patricia Duncker, Alex Garland, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tim Pears, Michèle Roberts and Monique Roffey – will talk about how they started writing.

Key facts

  • You’ll consider the rituals of writing and keeping a journal; learn how to develop your ideas; reflect on your own writing and editing; hear writers talk about their approach to research; and start turning events into plot.
  • You’ll also have the opportunity to review the work of fellow writers and receive comments on your own, learning to read as a writer and respond to feedcback.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Apply and learn to write fiction and generate stories by creating characters
  • Investigate notions of writing from your experience and from research
  • Explore using a writer’s notebook to develop ideas and increase observational awareness
  • Identify and realise the importance of other authors and works to develop your skills in reading as a writer
  • Develop your awareness of editing, in developing your vocabulary of style and presentation

Programme Structure

Topics include:
  • Starting to write fiction
  • The habit of writing
  • Writing is editing
  • Building your story
  • Creating convincing characters
  • Developing and portraying characters
  • Reading as a writer

Key information

Duration

  • Part-time
    • 2 months
    • 3 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
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Language

English

Delivered

Online

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

  • This course is intended for those with an interest in starting to write fiction or improving their fiction writing, and does not require any previous experience of studying this subject.
  • Please be aware that participation in this course involves reviewing work posted by other learners. You may find some material used in these stories is of an adult nature (e.g. language, sex, violence) and although captured in context, may offend. Learners on this course are instructed to place warnings at the top of their work to indicate use of such content.
  • Recommended for learners age 16+.

Tuition Fee

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  • International

    74 EUR/full
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    Based on the tuition of 74 EUR for the full programme during 2 months.
  • National

    74 EUR/full
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    Based on the tuition of 74 EUR for the full programme during 2 months.

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