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Course Details:
| | Date: 3/17 - 6/9 | | Length: 12 weeks | | Price: $379.99 | Instructor:
Carolyn Walker | | Register Now |
Getting Started in Writing
Have you always wanted to be a writer? Don't let doubt or fear get the best of you—take a chance and learn how to start writing a book, novel, short story, memoir, or essay. When you take this online writing workshop, you'll discover your voice, learn the basics of grammar and examine the different types of writing. No matter what type of writing you're planning on crafting—nonfiction or fiction—you'll need guidance along the way. When you take this workshop, you can expect to take an in-depth look at Keys to Great Writing by Stephen Wilbers, who teaches beginner writers how to start writing a novel or book and what it takes to get published. Draw upon advice from published authors and start your writing career today.
Take a chance - start writing!
This course is open to anyone interested in Getting Started in Writing. Carolyn Walker will be available to answer all of your questions. No question goes unanswered! See syllabus here »
What you'll learn:
| • | The fundamentals of grammar and mechanics | | • | How to enhance your writing through description and sensory details | | • | The principles of creative writing | | • | The types of short nonfiction, including research articles, personal essays, books, and memoirs | | • | The various forms of fiction including short stories, short-short stories, novellas, and novels | | • | The importance of editing and rewriting |
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| Join Award-Winning Journalist, Carolyn Walker!
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| | Carolyn Walker
| Carolyn Walker began writing at age ten, has been a published journalist, columnist and author for more than twenty-five years, and has worked independently as an editor. She also received her Master of Fine Arts in Writing in 2004 and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Carolyn's work has recently appeared in such publications as Crazyhorse, The Southern Review, Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, and Hunger Mountain. Her book A Mother Runs Through It-a collection of her creative nonfiction-was released in 2001. Her fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry were published in the anthology At the Edge of Mirror Lake. Her journalism has appeared in HOUR Detroit Magazine; Detroit Monthly Magazine; Michigan, the Magazine of the Detroit News; the Detroit Free Press; the Flint Journal; the Oakland Press; the Observer & Eccentric newspapers; and The Clarkston News.
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