Fiction Writing (Level 3 Award) - A Home Study, Distance Learning Course

Fiction Writing Level 3 Award

The Fiction Writing course is divided into nine comprehensive modules:

Introduction
- Content
- Style
- Techniques
- Marketing

1 – The Short Story
- How to study and analyse it
- Studying the market
- Overseas markets
- Writing is a business
- How do I find ideas?
- How do I present my manuscript?
- Where do I find facts?

2 - The Theme
- Choosing a theme
- The basic emotion
- First or third person?
- Get out of the way!
- Reader identification
- Setting
- Style

3 – The Plot
- Plotting
- Accuracy
- The plot scheme
- A twist in the tale
- Finding a plot
- Conflict, tension & Suspense
- Balance and pace

4 – The Characters
- Your chief character
- Names
- Can people be plots?
- Characterisation
- Motives
- Mannerisms
- Minor Characters
- Hero, Heroine, Villain or Clown
- How people operate

5 – Getting Started
- How to start?
- The plot thickens
- Stuck?
- Handling Transitions
- How to end?
- Your work plan
- Rules are made to be broken

6 –Title & Dialogue
- Choosing a title
- Writing Dialogue
- Grammar, dialect and slang
- Types of short story
- The serial

7 – Practical Details
- Copyright
- The laws of defamation
- Agents and “Vanity Publishers”
- Keeping records
- Payment
- Income Tax
- Expenses
- Writing for radio
- Writing for television
- Presenting a TV drama

8 – Writing a Novel
- Structure
- Action, Thriller, Mystery
- Science Fiction
- Crime & Detective novels
- Historical novels
- Serious novels
- Final points

Tutor Marked Assignments
Final Assignment

COURSE ASSESSMENT

This course is marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following ABC Awards guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

We send the full course out with the units listed above, you then read through the course in your own time and complete the assignments which you send to your tutor for marking. There is no word count for these assignments. However, one sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit it for marking.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by ABC Awards, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

COURSE FEES

Our aim is to provide you with the best deal available, therefore the registration fee, certification fee and full tutor support is included in the course price for you. The enrolment fee for the Fiction Writing home study course is £368.75, though for a limited time we are offering you the opportunity to pay only £295 which is a 20% discount if you enrol online and pay in full.

You can also opt for our Easy Payment Plan and enrol online today by paying a deposit of £73.75 and then 4 equal payments of £73.75 per month. The first instalment is paid about a month after you receive your course.