First Nations Institute Australia (FNIA)
Writing a Novel Short Course
Self Paced 20-hour course to help you understand more about writing novels.
This is a course for people with a passion to write a novel, who may or may not already have good, general writing skills; but need to understand the fundamentals of how a novel can be crafted to become a coherent and compelling read. All novels are stories, but not all stories are novels. Humans have been telling stories since the dawn of time but the advent of the novel (as we know it) came much later in our development and is quite new when compared to the history of story-telling.
Being good at grammar, and capable of communicating clearly in writing, may be important to the craft of writing a novel; but alone these things are far from enough to write a novel that people will want to read.
By studying this course, your awareness will grow, in understanding what is involved in writing a novel. Don’t make decisions about the novel you wish to write until after completing this course. Once you better understand the process and fundamentals, you will be in a better position of determining what you are most capable of writing.
Our 20 hour courses are self paced and will help you understand a topic in a short amount of time. You can work through the course when you like- test yourself with mini-tests along the way. There are extra case studies or research you can undertake if you would really like to get into the topic. Once you have completed the lessons and self assessment tasks, there is a final exam undertaken online- you can then download your personalised certificate.
How does this course work?
You can enrol at any time.
Once you have paid for the course, you will be able to start straight away.
Study when and where you like. Work through at your own pace.
You can download your study-guide to your smart phone, tablet or laptop to read offline.
There are automated self-assessment tests you can complete at the end of each lesson. You can attempt these as many times as you wish and each time, upon completion, you can see your results. You will need internet access to complete the self assessment tests.
At the end of the course, you are presented with a large assessment which can be attempted online, anywhere, anytime. If you achieve a 60% pass in the exam; you immediately receive a downloadable certificate of completion with your name on it.
