Writing what you know

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Writing what you know provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 8 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Do you want to improve your descriptive writing? This free course, Writing what you know, will help you to develop your perception of the world about you and enable you to see the familiar things ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Writing what you know
    • 1 Writing what you know
    • 1.1 Using life experiences in your fiction
    • 2 The everyday
    • 2 The everyday
    • 2.1 Building a believable world
    • 2.2 Collecting and selecting
    • 2.3 Using your observations
    • 3 The senses
    • 3 The senses
    • 3.1 Involving all of the senses
    • 3.2 Contexts
    • 4 Memory and narrative
    • 4 Memory and narrative
    • 4.1 Using memories to order narrative
    • 4.2 Raiding your past
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements