DCE- 01: General Principles of Writing

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Free Online Course: DCE- 01: General Principles of Writing provided by Swayam is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 16 weeks long. The course is taught in Hindi and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Swayam. DCE- 01: General Principles of Writing is taught by Dr. Anamika Shukla; Dr. Rajesh Kumar.

Overview
  • Writing is an art and more so creative writing which is an expression of your creative urge. This course will not only stimulate your creativity but will also help you to cultivate your writing skills. This course deals with certain Fundamental Principles of Writing, Organisation of Material, Dramatisation of Ideas and Preparation of a Press Copy. It will give you an overall view of the genesis of writing and introduce you to certain basic concepts and qualities which should be of help to you as a writer. A number of activities interspersed at various points will stimulate you to think, write and do.

Syllabus
  • DCE-01: General Principles of Writing

    Week

    e-Content/PDFs

    Fundamental Norms of Writing

    Week–1

    Unit1: Introduction (Fundamental Norms of Writing)

    Week–2

    Unit2 : How to achieve lucidity and directness

    Week–3

    Unit 3: Authenticity and credibility

    Week–4

    Unit 4: Authorial voice

    Structure of Material

    Week–5

    Unit 1: Genesis of themes: preparation for writing

    Week–6

    Unit 2: Opening

    Week–7

    Unit 3: Building a climax

    Week–8

    Unit 4: Appropriate ending

    Dramatisation of Ideas

    Week–9

    Unit 1: Situations

    Week–10

    Unit 2: Dialogues and monologues

    Week–11

    Unit 3: Imagery and symbols

    Week–12

    Unit 4: Readability

    Preparing a press copy

    Week–13

    Unit 1: Proof-Reading

    Week–14

    Unit 2: Editing

    Week–15

    Unit 3: Footnoting and reference

    Week–16

    Unit 4: Indexing