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Online Class: Creative Writing 101: Strategies, Exercises and Support

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Basic Course: $29.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $54.00
Why do I care about personal creativity in my writing? Well if you're a writer, or wish to be, you may  hope for something 'real', that will kick-start whatever dreams may come your way in terms of the success you want. Creative Energy-Flow and the Written Word is an attempt to capture what cannot be held in hand or thought--the elusive riddle of human creativity as we find it in our writing. Here we look at various forms and genres (books, dramas and plays, poetry, essays, film-writing, stories in general, etc.) as they relate to the creative impulse.
 
Students will learn:

-The importance of creativity in writing

-The different writing forms

-The history of poetry and it's various forms.

-How to write a basic essay.

-How to be a creative fictional writer

-How to write fictional dramas and adventures.

-The factors that go into writing a novel.

-The importance of writing what you know

-The role of personality into your writing.

-How writing can be beneficial as therapy

-How to separate your ego from your writing

-How to deal with writer's block

-The importance of writing for yourself first

Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

Creative writing 101'Creative Energy-Flow and the Written Word' is an attempt to capture what cannot be held in hand or thought--the elusive riddle of human creativity as we find it in our writing. Here we look at various forms and genres (books, dramas and plays, poetry, essays, film-writing, stories in general, etc.) as they relate to the creative impulse.

 

We also talk about the Writer's Voice and personality, writing as therapy, illusions about writing, legend and mythos, and other areas where a creative writer may find inspiration, advice or enlightening conjecture. This self-paced course is offered to writers everywhere with hat-in-hand, for what it may be worth. Test and review questions, and also lesson exercises are included at the end of each lesson to build mastery.

This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Lesson 1: Personal Creativity in Writing - This lesson will answer the question: "Why Do I Care About Personal Creativity In My Writing?"
  2. Lesson 2: Various Written Forms and Creative Flow - This lesson explores the different kind of writing forms including comedy, essays, and fiction.
  3. Lesson 3: Thoughts of Writing Poetry - This lesson describes the history of poetry and it's various forms.
  4. Lesson 4: Easy Essays for Creative Happiness - This lesson deals with understanding how to write a basic essay.
  5. Lesson 5: Stories and Fiction in General - This lesson describes how to be a creative fictional writer.
  6. Lesson 6: Dramatic Forms - This lesson describes how to write fictional dramas and adventures.
  7. Lesson 7: The Novel Novelist - This lesson describes some of the factors that go into writing a novel.
  8. Lesson 8: Write What You Know, and Admit You Know Nothing - This lesson examines why it might be a better idea to become a specialist writer instead of writing about things you know nothing about.
  9. Lesson 9: Your Personality as a Writer - This lesson explains how to assert your own personality into your writing.
  10. Lesson 10: Creative Writing as Therapy - This lesson explains how writing can be beneficial as therapy in many situations.
  11. Lesson 11: The Ghost in the Wishing Well: Illusions and False Ideas About Creative Writing - This lesson explains how to separate your ego from your writing, and what to do about writer's block.
  12. Lesson 12: Culinary Arts as Allegory for the Writer - The similarities between a creative chef and a creative writer.
  13. Lesson 13: Writing to Please Others, or Yourself? - This lesson explains why it is important to write for yourself first.
  14. Lesson 14: From Eternity to You - The art of being creative.
  15. Lesson 15: The Impossible Task of Words - The importance of the written word.
  16. More Class Lessons...
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Course Title : Creative Writing 101: Strategies, Exercises and Support
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 33893
Course Type : Undergraduate
Course URL : http://creativewriting.onlineclasses.com
Course Review :
Instructor : Ann Burlington
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Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $29.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $54.00
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This is a non-credit course. This course may not fulfill any local, state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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