Writing Non-Fiction

Overview

What you will study

Write blogs, news articles, video scripts and more with clear and concise delivery to your audience.

The Writing Non-Fiction course offered by Warnborough College consists of 10 lessons that discuss the following subjects:

• Non Fiction Styles

• Types of Non Fiction Writing

• Academic vs Commercial Non Fiction Writing

• Text types in Non Fiction Writing

• Text Structure

• Pseudonyms

• Sample Author Platform

• Using Fiction Techniques to Create Strong Non Fiction Texts

• Making a Story Memorable

• Hook the Audience

• Emotional Language

• Plain and Simple Language

• Writing for the Readership

• Ways to Publish/Share Non Fiction Writing

• Non Fiction Scripts – TV, Radio, Social Media, Advertising, Education, Voice overs, News

• Writing News

• Headlines

• Lede

• Key Point Summary in Digital Formats

• Reverse Pyramid

• News Coverage and Focus

• Conflict

• Proximity

• Prominence

• Impact

• Relevance

• Oddity/Human Interest

• Timeliness

• Newswriting for Different outlets

• Newspapers

• News Websites

• Broadcast News

• Newsletters

• Blogs

• Commercial Travel Writing

• Overused Descriptions in Travel Writing

• Holidays

• Special Events

• Travel Bloggers

• Adventure Tourism

• Lifestyle Blogging

• How to Travel

• Destination Pieces

• Adventure Travel

• Side Trips/Weekend Trips

• Literary Travel Writing

• Career Paths for Travel Writers

• How to be a Good Travel Writer

• How to Construct a Travel Piece

• Researching a Travel Piece

• How to Pitch a Travel Piece

• Types of Memoirs – Confessional , Transformational, Portrait, Professional

• Diaries

• How to Write a Memoir or Biography

• Autobiography

• Research

• Biography and Profiles

• How to Pitch a Memoir, Autobiography or Biography

• Introduction

• Niche or Widespread Writing

• Leisure and Hobby Writing

• Hobby Writing

• Sports Writing

• Craft Writing

• Garden Writing

• How to Pitch Leisure, Sports and Craft Writing

• How to Write about Food

• Constructing a Food Article

• Sensory Writing

• Recipes

• Informative Writing

• Types of Food Writing

• Nutritional R & D

• Allergies and Intolerances

• Recipes, Diet & Exercise

• How to Pitch Food Writing

• How to Write about Health and Wellbeing

• Grounding and Context

• Plain English

• Research

• Balanced Viewpoints

• Different Types of Health and Wellbeing Writing

• Health, Medicine and Complimentary Medicine

• Creative Therapies

• Exercise

• Storytelling at Work

• Storytelling with Data

• Sales and Marketing

• True Crime

• Historical Events

• Seeking Stories

• Successful Writers

• Collaborative Writing

• Delivering your Work

• Management and Opportunities

• Contracts and Publishers

• How to Make Writing More Profitable

• Syndication

• Intellectual Property Management

• Legal Systems

• Protecting Your Work – copyright, Issues

• Copyright Licencing

• Risks when Writing Non Fiction – specific, libel, defamation, slander, false light

• Fact Checking, Perspective & Time Shift

• Copyright Infringement

• Accuracy Errors

• Digital Rights Management

• Information Rights Management

• Electronic Books and Magazines

• Referencing

• Thinking Outside the Box