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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

This online hands-on Start Writing Fiction certification course is ideal for someone looking to replicate the skills and approaches owned by successful fictional writers. This programme is a drive made by The Open University, along with FutureLearn, and is placed under the Arts, and Media course. By investing just 8 weeks, candidates will come to know from some very successful writers like Abdulrazak Gurnah, Louis de Bernières, Tim Pears, Michèle Robert, and more how they started off with their journey to become a writer.

Start Writing Fiction certification syllabus will enable participants to maintain the rituals or habits of writing a journal every day, how they can ideate, then reflect on their own writings, and become capable of editing it accordingly. The best thing that can happen to anyone doing the course is that they will be able to understand events happening and can then turn those events into the plots of stories.

With weekly sessions of 3 hours of Start Writing Fiction training, candidates will write on their own, receive feedback on their writing from fellow writers, then take this feedback to improve their writing and make it a masterpiece.

The Highlights

Course on writing fiction
8 weeks duration
3 hours classes weekly
Completion certification
Own paced experience of learning
Major emphasis on creative writing

Programme Offerings

8 Weeks Course
Online Course
3 Hours Weekly
Certificate of completion
Progress Mapping
Global Classroom
self paced course
weekly classes

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 2252	yes	Futurelearn

If a candidate has a requirement of a digital, and a printable copy of the certificate, and all-time access to the course, then he or she must pay ₹2,252.16/one-off payment as the Start Writing Fiction certification fee. Again if their requirements are more than what is offered above, like one full year for the course, then they will have to pay ₹4,550 for one year. No matter what the candidates decide to choose, there are absolutely zero fees charged for registration.

Start Writing Fiction Fee Structure

Description	Amount in INR
Upgrade	₹2,252.16/one-off payment
Unlimited	₹4,550 for one year

Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualification

Any previous experience of studying this subject is not a requirement, so different educational qualification holders above the age group of 16 will be enough for studying the course.

Work Experience

Again any full-time work experience or even internships will not be necessary.

Certification Qualifying Details

The qualifying details of the Start Writing Fiction certification by FututreLearn is only completing nearly 90% of all the steps introduced in the programme curriculum.

What you will learn

Writing skills

The course has a lot of things to offer which are as follows:

Candidates will learn how they can write fiction by creating characters in stories generated by them.
Learners will possibly be able to investigate any notion from their writings based on their own research.
Candidates will also read a writer’s notebook so that they are able to generate ideas.
Learners may understand what role the writings and reading of other authors play on one’s own writing skills.
Everyone has a unique vocabulary style that develops by editing pieces, and candidates will do the same in this course.
Exchanging feedback is a very important thing, and learners will understand the importance of it.

Who it is for

For this course to be started, candidates must possess some kind of interest in writing fictional stories, and interest also in improving their writing skills for becoming creative content writers. Since this programme has content written by other writers, it may contain explicit content, and this is why it is recommended only for people above 16 years of age.

Admission Details

Step 1: Candidates can start straight away by visiting the programme’s website.

Step 2: Next to get on with the registration process, the candidate shall have to click on ‘Join course for free.

Step 3: The registration page opens up when the candidate clicks the button, and it contains both the sign-up and sign-in forms.

Step 4: By using some personal information, candidates can continue with any of the above form fillings.

Step 5: Finally the submission of the fee ends the admission process.

Application Details

Any application form is not present on the website of FutureLearn. The only requirement is to prepare a new account for participating in the course. The new account can be created by just one click social login using Facebook or Gmail accounts.