BOOK SA Competition: Win a Spot in the Random House Struik Creative Writing Course (Plus: All Entrants Get 10% Off)
Alert! BOOK SA, Random House Struik and Get Smarter are giving away one free space in their upcoming Random House Struik Creative Writing Course, a 10-week part-time class presented entirely online by writer, literary agent and creative writing teacher extraordinaire, Ronald Irwin.
What’s more, all who enter the competition will be eligible, if they don’t win outright, for a 10% discount on the course fees.
Here’s the course, which starts on 27 September 2010 and weighs in at about 7 hours per week, in a nutshell:
- Teaches students the techniques of good story writing for fiction and non-fiction
- Highly practical, with 5 written pieces completed during the course
- Continuous guidance, monitoring and assistance is provided by the Course Convener and Course Coordinator
- Students form part of a creative online writing community and interact through a learning-based website
- Top manuscripts will be submitted to Random House Struik for consideration
To enter to win, simply visit the BOOK SA Facebook page linked to here and “Like” it. You’ll automatically be added to the draw, and will also automatically be eligible for the 10% discount. Simple!
The competition closes at 9am on 10 September 2010, and the winner will be notified via Facebook.
Here’s more on the course:
Course modules:
Module 1 Planning the story
Module 2 The importance of beginnings
Module 3 Characters and characterisation
Module 4 Plot vs. story
Module 5 Dialogue
Module 6 Point of view
Module 7 Conflict
Module 8 Revision
Module 9 Tying it all up
Module 10 Approaching publishers & agents with your finished workWho should attend this course?
This creative writing course is designed for anyone who wants to bring more flair, drama and passion to their writing. It is ideal for anyone who has dreamed of writing a novel or a short story, for accomplished writers of fiction who want to brush up on their skills and for non-fiction writers who want to use dramatic storytelling techniques to make their work come alive. Professional editors can also benefit from this course by learning the basic techniques of the creative craft of writing.
- Watch a video in which Ronald Irwin talks about the creative writing course
- Can’t wait for the competition to end to get started? Register now
- More info: Student Feedback | The course in the media | Info pack (pdf download)
For further details on the course and Get Smarter in general, contact Karin on +27 21 685 4775 or Karin@getsmarter.co.za.
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