Professional Children's Writing Course

About this course

Studying this online professional children’s writing course through Open Colleges will give you the education and industry training to turn your passion for children’s writing into a successful career.

The online program covers a broad spectrum of literary genres in both text and graphic styles. Through your training you’ll develop essential skills in writing fiction and non-fiction for teens, storybooks for nine- to 12-year-olds and books for six- to eight-year-olds, and gain an understanding of the particular requirements of picture books.

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Eligibility

To be eligible for this course you need to meet the basic English language requirements.

Areas of study

The subjects you’ll study in this online children's writing course include:

• 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

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Student support

As a student of Open Colleges, you will have access to a range of student and administrative support options. Your course trainers are available via email, messaging and through your online course forums in OpenSpace. You will also have access to help with study skills such as time management, essay writing and referencing.

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How will this course advance my career?

If you aspire to write for children and teenagers, this course will give you the education and training to turn your ideas into a commercial success. Combine your passion with the pointers on plot, structure, characterisation and dialogue and you could be the next JK Rowling. The Professional Children's Writing Course is an ideal first step on the way to your career as a writer or author.

As a student of this children's writing course you will also learn about the business side of writing children's books: networking, basic marketing, financial records, copyright and effectively planning your career.

How else will I benefit from this course?

• Upon successful completion of this course you will receive a nationally recognised qualification: Professional Children’s Writing Certificate.
• Flexible study: studying by correspondence means you study on your terms – at a time and place that suits you.

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