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Teach Yourself Your Evening Class: Creative Writing
Chris Sykes

Book & CD Pack
£49.99 £29.99

ISBN: 9780340974919
Published: 27/02/2009
Extent: 464 pages
Illustrations: b-and-w line drawings


 
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Summary:

AT LAST, AN EFFECTIVE, FUN AND GREAT VALUE ALTERNATIVE TO PART-TIME COURSES


Want to do an evening class but can't find the time?
Put off by the cost of part-time courses?
Looking for a course that takes you deep into the subject you love?

Your Evening Class is a brand new, in-depth course package, designed to suit your lifestyle without emptying your wallet. Its unique teaching method will give you an in-depth understanding of the creative writing skills and inspiration you need, at a time and pace that suit you.

Flexible
30 structured lessons in ten workbooks for you to follow at your own pace.

Personal
Our unique audioteach method features the voice of a real tutor, Chris Sykes. He will guide you through your course over 10 hours of audio material, giving you tips and advice based on his many years of teaching and writing experience and helping you to avoid common mistakes and pitfalls.

Content-rich
Your Creative Writing course also contains visual writing prompts, practical exercises and detailed tips for all genres of writing.

Sociable

Exclusive access to a dynamic online community of fellow learners, with additional exercises and answers to common questions.

Great value
A year's worth of learning for less than the price of a term at a college.

Be inspired and make the most of your free time.


This pack contains:
- 10 workbooks of three lessons each
- 10 audio CDs, designed to complement the written tutorials
- A 160-page paperback  containing all you need to know to find out about getting published, the best courses and common mistakes to avoid.
- Your password for exclusi



  • Economical  A year's worth of classes for less than the price of one term and youre more likely to get your money's worth as you're doing it when it's convenient for you.


  • Convenient   You're way too busy to be tied down once a week, on a prescribed day, at a prescribed time.


  • Time-saving   The course will also take you far less time than a formal course, as you don't have to travel and you can learn in smaller chunks to suit your lifestyle.

  • Table of Contents:
    Getting Started
    The components of language
    The Five Senses
    Showing and Telling
    Character & Description
    Story and Plot
    Writing Poetry
    Writing short stories and novels
    Scriptwriting
    Research, Revision and General non-fiction writing


About the Author(s):
Chris is a playwright and poet; he is also an excellent and popular teacher and divides his time between convening creative writing classes for the University of Sussex and teaching creative writing for a number of institutions including the University of Oxford and the City Literary Institute. He is a member of The Society of Authors and the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters and was at one time Deputy Chair of The Writers Guild of Great Britain.


Readership:
Adult learner


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