Part-time Courses - Communications

Description: During this course, you'll learn to tap into the world you know in order to establish a realistic sense of place in your writing. You'll develop your eye for detail, and you'll find out how to collect the information you'll need to infuse your works with believable characters, memorable settings, and detailed descriptions.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: Do you have a story idea or manuscript you'd like to prepare for publication? Or are you a published author who wants to polish your writing skills? In this course, you'll explore all the topics a writer needs to create a successful manuscript, including story structure, plot, character, dialogue, setting, suspense, conflict, action, viewpoint, tense, and even how to get published. This course is cannot be used as credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: If your goal is to become a published freelance writer of fiction or nonfiction for books or magazines, this comprehensive course will help you guide your work directly into the hands of an editor and onto the shelves of your favorite stores.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: If you've dreamed of writing creatively, this course is a great place to start. Get a taste of the writing life, improve your writing skills, and discover new ways to stretch your creative muscles. This isn't school as you know it. It’s an in-depth writing experience filled with challenging hands-on exercises, expert advice, and plenty of direct support and encouragement. This course is cannot be used as credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: Learn from a veteran TV comedy writer how to write professional sitcom scripts and how to break into show business. Master the art of creating a well-paced, action-packed story and telling it completely in jokes. Discover the secrets to writing dialogue that sounds real, fully serves the story, and makes an audience laugh. Avoid amateur mistakes, and get to know the business behind the business of television writing. This course is cannot be used as credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: Discover the thousands of lucrative publishing opportunities that await you on the Internet if you understand Internet marketing! Want to write e-zine articles that sell? Create a blog? In this course, you'll learn how to do all of that. You'll find out about Internet writing markets, current marketing research, Internet trends, and the future of the Web. There's a niche for every writer on the Internet, and not only will this course help you find yours, but it will also help you learn to query and submit your writing electronically, understand electronic submission guidelines and online contracts, and much more. Get ready to publish whatever you want, whenever you want, and make good money in the process!
This course cannot be used as credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: This insightful course will help you discover an exciting new way to express yourself and enhance your creativity. You'll learn to use powerful journaling techniques to develop a deeper and more spiritual understanding of yourself and explore your thoughts, feelings, beliefs, and values. You'll also discover how to use journaling to ease the stress of unwanted change, improve your physical and emotional health, and achieve a greater level of professional success.
This course cannot be used as credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: This course will teach you the fundamentals of editing for both fiction and nonfiction. If you’re already working as an editor, you’ll not only brush up on your skills, but will also learn about recent advances in your chosen profession. If you’re a writer, you will learn essential self-editing tools to give your manuscripts the professional look.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: From Dan Brown to Dennis Lehane, mysteries are hot items on today's bestseller lists. Using vivid examples from bestselling mystery novels, this course will teach you the techniques you need to become a successful author. Topics include three-act structure, the difference between plot and story, theme, premise, characters and viewpoint, plus much more. Develop your original story idea and then brainstorm with the instructor and your fellow students in each lesson's discussion area.
This course cannot be used as credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: If you want to write poetry, this course will help you create your best possible work, whether you’re looking to be published or simply wish to craft a beautiful poem as a gift for a friend. In this course, you will discover formal elements of craft, explore poetry topics, learn how to prepare a manuscript for publication, and receive guidance in a constructive and nurturing environment.
This course cannot be used as credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: Attention all writers! Learn how to efficiently and effectively conduct research for any writing project: fiction, nonfiction, business . . . even term papers and dissertations. Research has progressed far beyond a visit to the library. Today, myriad sources provide almost anything a writer might need to know on any subject. Learn how to identify and access every information source imaginable.
This course cannot be used as credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: Ever read a nonfiction magazine article and said, I can write better than that? With this fun, interactive class you can learn the ropes from a pro and turn your dream of becoming a freelancer into a bright future as a magazine writer. It's fun, it's easy, and a great source of extra income whether you’re retired, planning for the future or staying close to the kids. If you're a determined new writer, or if you haven't written for magazines in years, this class will jump start your career. You'll learn plenty of powerful brainstorming techniques designed to practically write every article for you.
This course cannot be used as a credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: Sell travel writing without leaving your home town? In this class, it’s just one of the tools to launch a successful travel writing career. You'll understand the writing styles and methods needed to sell material in today's competitive market (including the how-to's of technical aspects of lead paragraphs, descriptive passages and the uses of interviews, quotes, and facts). Topics include popular styles and types of travel writing that are the friendliest to new writers. Other topics of the workshop include how to write query letters, how to produce articles, essays and books, trends in types of articles and books, grammar and writing skills refreshers, and marketing information.

This course cannot be used as a credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: One of the great things about nonfiction book writing is that you're 10 times more likely to get published than you'd be if you wrote fiction. Whether you dream of becoming a full-time author, writing books to advance your career, or penning your memoir or family history, this fun and information-packed course will teach you how to plan, research, write, edit, and publish your masterpiece.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: Do you have an idea for a novel or short story burning in your mind, but can't seem to get it on paper? This is a common experience for anyone who tries to write fiction using creative intuition alone. What you need is a structure to guide you. In this course, you'll develop your own original story, beginning with your passion and theme. From these you’ll discover your characters, their flaws, and the inner struggles that will bring them to life. Then, you’ll structure your story, from start to finish. Once you have mastered the techniques taught in this course, you’ll be prepared to . . . write fiction like a pro.

This course cannot be used as a credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: It’s your story. It’s time to write it so you can tell history, share your secrets and successes, and better understand yourself. Learn what it takes to write essays, a legacy letter (sometimes called an ethical will), a memoir, an autobiography or the story of a loved one’s life in simple, easy steps that will get you ready for whatever you want to tell. It’s fun, it’s exciting and it’s your truth. The step-by-step process begins with capturing ideas and ends by providing all the tools to tell the stories in your life.
This course cannot be used as credit towards Conestoga College programs.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: Do you have a novel, essay or legacy to share in writing? Have you thought of writing, but don't know how to stay motivated? Are you stumbling with writer's block? Wonder how to capture characters and plots to make them marketable? This class will ignite your creative energies in simple, fun and easy steps. In just six weeks, you'll be a liberated, imaginative and versatile writer ready to tackle or finish that book that is inside you. The class is G-rated in content and language. In the next few weeks, you'll quickly put to use the tools published writers utilize for novels, memoirs, short stories or articles. If you've ever dreamed of hearing your writer's voice and writing what's in your heart and head, this class will make it happen.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: In this highly interactive, hands-on course, you'll take pen to paper and begin work on your very first fiction or nonfiction manuscript. In the process, you'll explore the changing world of children's literature and understand the various formats--from baby's first books to novels for young adults.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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Description: This course shows you how to develop your own young adult story step-by-step, from structuring your plot to polishing your final manuscript. You'll learn how to connect with teens and young adults, write breathtaking action scenes, and create realistic dialogue. And best of all, you'll find out how to get published! Whether you're interested in writing fantasy, romance, science fiction, or historical novels, you'll learn everything you need to know to make your story a success.
Hours: 24
Credits: 2
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