Online Writing Courses

✓ Self-Paced      ✓ Flexible Study Schedule     ✓ Affordable

Online Writing Courses

✓ Self-Paced

✓ Flexible Study Schedule

✓ Affordable

Online Writing Courses for Adult Learners

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Learn to unleash your imagination and get started. Learn how to write books with different genres such as Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Widen the range of your imaginative ideas as you write Science Fiction, dwell in the world of magic, mythic elements in fantasy and scare your readers with your horror stories.

Learn to unleash your imagination and get started. Learn how to write books with different genres such as Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror. Widen the range of your imaginative ideas as you write Science Fiction, dwell in the world of magic, mythic elements in fantasy and scare your readers with your horror stories.

Learn to Write Biographies A biography is the story of someone’s life and can either extend for their whole life or just a specific period.  This course will give you the skills you need to write biographies and will answer your questions such as how to research for writing a biography, how do I plan […]

Learn to Write Biographies A biography is the story of someone’s life and can either extend for their whole life or just a specific period.  This course will give you the skills you need to write biographies and will answer your questions such as how to research for writing a biography, how do I plan […]

Publishing A (Introduction) Online Course

Learn how the industry works, Learn the creative and artistic skills of the trade Learn how to market your work Develop an understanding of the ethical issues and laws relating to the field. Use this course as a step toward self publishing, furthering your opportunities working for publishers, or starting your own business. You will also […]

Learn how the industry works, Learn the creative and artistic skills of the trade Learn how to market your work Develop an understanding of the ethical issues and laws relating to the field. Use this course as a step toward self publishing, furthering your opportunities working for publishers, or starting your own business. You will also […]

Publishing B Online Course

Know how the industry works, the creative and artistic skills of the trade,  how to market your work and develop an understanding of the ethical issues and laws relating to the field.  You will also come up with an opportunity to undertake a stimulating publishing project and implement the skills you have learned. This course offers […]

Know how the industry works, the creative and artistic skills of the trade,  how to market your work and develop an understanding of the ethical issues and laws relating to the field.  You will also come up with an opportunity to undertake a stimulating publishing project and implement the skills you have learned. This course offers […]

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Publishers are continually needing to consider: “What to publish?” Some establish a limited repertoire of publication activities, focusing on academic books, novels, westerns, romance novels, text and educational books, informative or self-help books or material on specific topics such as health and wellbeing, ostrich farming etc., fashion or gardening magazines, music scores etc. Other publishers […]

Publishers are continually needing to consider: “What to publish?” Some establish a limited repertoire of publication activities, focusing on academic books, novels, westerns, romance novels, text and educational books, informative or self-help books or material on specific topics such as health and wellbeing, ostrich farming etc., fashion or gardening magazines, music scores etc. Other publishers […]

Can You Write Horror?

Learn to write horror, science fiction and fantasy in this unique self-paced online course.   These genre’s are central to our society, our myths and our storytelling, consider some of our most popular books and movies such as Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and The Walking Dead.  Horror allows us to feel fear, fantasy allows […]

Learn to write horror, science fiction and fantasy in this unique self-paced online course.   These genre’s are central to our society, our myths and our storytelling, consider some of our most popular books and movies such as Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and The Walking Dead.  Horror allows us to feel fear, fantasy allows […]

Script Writing Course Online Australia. Sale!

Learn to Write Scripts Professionally Scripts are essential across a wide range of mediums including films, instructional design, advertising, radio, TV and more.  If you enjoy writing across different media this is a great course to start as a professional script writer.   This course will teach you how to write for different media, how to […]

Learn to Write Scripts Professionally Scripts are essential across a wide range of mediums including films, instructional design, advertising, radio, TV and more.  If you enjoy writing across different media this is a great course to start as a professional script writer.   This course will teach you how to write for different media, how to […]

Start writing your dream novel.

This short online course in creative writing will help you get started with creative writing techniques, tips and tricks you need along the way to get a career going, build you understanding of different genres and literary devices and much more! Many of us harbour a fantasy about being a creative writer, but what do […]

This short online course in creative writing will help you get started with creative writing techniques, tips and tricks you need along the way to get a career going, build you understanding of different genres and literary devices and much more! Many of us harbour a fantasy about being a creative writer, but what do […]

Editing Online Short Course.

Editing is a skill which many people use in the course of day to day activities, whether through work or pleasure. Any position which calls for writing as part of the job profile may require an employee to have a minimum standard of editing skills. Editing may be called for by institutions and by organisations […]

Editing is a skill which many people use in the course of day to day activities, whether through work or pleasure. Any position which calls for writing as part of the job profile may require an employee to have a minimum standard of editing skills. Editing may be called for by institutions and by organisations […]

Improve your grammar course.

Good grammar is essential regardless of your industry. Learn to improve your written communication skills in this online short course. We all use language in some form and we combine words to effectively communicate with others, both in the written and spoken forms. This course will help to improve the way you communicate in English, […]

Good grammar is essential regardless of your industry. Learn to improve your written communication skills in this online short course. We all use language in some form and we combine words to effectively communicate with others, both in the written and spoken forms. This course will help to improve the way you communicate in English, […]

Why enroll in online writing courses?

 

Whether you want to write fiction or fact, we have an online writing course for you. Nearly everyone uses writing skills in day to day life. However not everyone has a natural flow or the skill to enable them to communicate in a clear and concise manner. Careerline’s range of 100-hour online writing courses offer a chance to improve your skills for everyday tasks, to gain the confidence to take on that big project, to feel relaxed about producing ongoing work reports, undertaking a thesis, or writing a novel.

 

Careerline’s online writing courses range from creative writing and technical writing to children’s writing and more, and if you have a career in publishing in mind, we have online publishing and editing courses as well to get you started,  even how to publish your own book on Kindle.

 

Who are these online writing courses courses for? 

These courses will work for you if you are looking for a fully tutor supported writing, editing or journalism course that is not a huge commitment, that doesn’t cost you the earth but will still get you thinking and learning and most importantly get you writing!  Many students do a single subject as a stepping stone to a bigger thing, or find its enough to help start them on their novel, blog, or reports, improve their style, and help them build a portfolio.

 

Do I need much writing experience before I start? 

No, our writing courses assume no prior knowledge and are designed as a practical guide to help you learn.

 

What sort of support do I get?

All our online writing courses come with unlimited experienced and expert tutor support via email.  We only employ tutors who are current in their field which means they are not sitting around our office waiting for phone calls!  We find email works best, if there is a problem that can’t be resolved give us a call on 07 5536 8783 or email our student support desk.

 

What is the course duration?

Generally the courses should take you about 100 hours of study.  We give you up to 12 months to complete the course, but you can finish faster.  Each lesson has a written assignment for you will receive individual feedback from your tutor.  There are also self assessment quizzes for each lesson (non assessable).  The strength of our courses is in that each lesson has an assignment, this means you are forced to engage with the content and can’t just skip over an important lesson.  By the end of the course you have really engaged and that equals learning!

 

Who are the tutors?

You will get a real tutor who provides you with personalised support and feedback. No tick and flick. Learn with real tutors who will be there for you every step of the way. When you enroll will receive a welcome email from your tutor. You are free to email them for help or guidance as much as you need to. We employ tutors who are active in their field so the support is by email.

Tutor: Robert N Stephenson

Robert N. Stephenson is a published author of 5 books and the publisher of 25 books for other authors through his publishing imprint. Over his career thus far he has had over 100 short stories published in 10 countries and a number of languages. For fourteen years he also worked as a literary agent for his own agency where he represented such authors as Tony Shillitoe and Christy Jordan. As a tutor he has worked with over 1500 students in the last 10 years and a number of which have gone on to develop careeers in writing.

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