Our online writing courses prepare you for a career and help you hone your creativity.  Whether you want to write poetry or memoir, craft a novel, or become a freelance writer, these online classes will help you get started.

Writing Courses

• A Fast Track Approach to Making Money as a Freelance Writer (Instructor-Led)

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED247-D

  Designed to aid individuals interested in increasing their income as a freelance writer.
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• A Fast Track Approach to Making Money as a Freelance Writer (Self-Directed)

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED247-B

  Designed to aid individuals interested in increasing their income as a freelance writer.
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• Beat Writer`s Block with Journaling

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED200

  A program for the beginning and "blocked" writer who needs a jump-start.
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• Better Business Writing in One Week

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED516

  This practical course helps business professionals write with greater confidence and accuracy.
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• Brilliant Business Writing and Communication

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED516-C

  This course helps business professionals write with confidence and precision while learning the principles of effective communication with their own writing coach.
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• Business Writing

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9115

  The course will also review in detail the strategies required to win contracts or decision makers' approval. How to anticipate and answer decision-makers' concerns and questions and how to ensure a clear, credible and compelling presentation.
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• Certificate in Web Content Creation (Master Classes)

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED232-B

  A professional certificate in writing and editing web content.
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• Creating Popular Web Content (Master Class)

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED232-H

  Write Web content that persuades your visitors to act, join the discussion, resolve their problems, and buy your products.
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• Crime Writing

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9116

  hroughout the course you will learn how to research police reports, forensic techniques, crime scenes and you will learn to think like a criminal.
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• Discover the Benefits of Self-Publishing!

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED300

  If you are considering self-publishing your book, this course will provide you with a systematic approach for accomplishing that task. You will learn how to format your manuscript so that it is ready for the printers; how to register your copyright, get your ISBN number, Library of Congress Number, and EAN; identify binding and paper options, and how to market your book and sell it.
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• E-mail Gems

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED1905

  Do e-mail messages in your company resemble screen versions of the junk mail cluttering mailboxes today? E-Mail Gems helps participants develop screen savvy as they create electronic messages readers view not as junk but as gems.
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• Editing and Proofreading

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9117

  By doing this course you have chosen to enter a highly regarded profession, and as you progress through its stages, you will be provided with all the skills and knowledge needed to be either as a freelance proofreader/editor working from home, on either a part time or full-time basis, or employed full-time within the publishing industry.
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• Editing and Proofreading

  ProTrain Online Course Code: PRO1127

  Writing is often seen as the glamour part of the publishing industry, just as actors and directors are the much-hyped up part of the movie world. But behind all these people are those who ensure that the end product makes sense and is free of mistakes.
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• Enter the Net--Writing for Online Media

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED207

  Write for online publications! This course involves internet research and submission to online publications.
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• Fiction Writing

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9118

  Fiction writing is a craft which must be learned, like any other. This course is not among those which declare, "Anyone has it in them to write a good short story".
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• Foundations of Wills Writing

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9431

  In this unique course the student shall become accredited with a certificate in the Foundations of Wills Writing. To acquire certification, the student will be assigned the construction of his own valid Will, meeting all legal requirements necessary for probate.
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• Freelance Journalism

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9119

  This course teaches you the writing skills needed to get into print, from letters to the editor to full articles on travel or many other topics.
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• From Beans to Brew: Creating Characters

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED209

  This course explores how to create believable and lifelike characters.
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• Getting More From Books: Intro to Literary Analysis

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED238

  This course makes reading more fun and more meaningful by teaching basic literary analysis.
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• How to Beat Writers Block

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED221

  A program for the beginning and "blocked" writer who needs a jump-start.
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• How to Get an Accent in a Month: A Brief Study of Southern Literature.

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED205

  This course examines characters, scenes and plots involved with Southern regional literature.
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• How To Make Money Writing For Newspapers

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED247

  Designed to help the beginner start earning money writing for newspapers.
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• How to Write Short, Short Fiction

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED217

  This course explores writing short fiction pieces.
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• How to Write Your Life Story

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED216

  Bring memories and facts of the past together for current and future generations
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• Just Write! Keeping a Journal

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED206

  It`s never too late.Get started recording your life.
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• Learn a New Career or Expand Your Income By Freelancing for Newspapers

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED203

  Learn how to approach and write for print media.
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• Learn How To Write Effective Persuasive Written Communication

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED519

  Perfect short course for those seeking to persuasively communicate with their audience through written communication.
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• Learn to Be Your Own Editor

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED219

  This course helps students learn basic editing techniques.
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• Novel Writing

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9120

  Create memorable characters, gripping plots and vivid settings with the course in Novel Writing.
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• Poetry For Profit and Play

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED214

  This course is designed to help the inexperienced poet write for profit or pleasure.
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• Poetry Writing

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9121

  So put your love of words to good use and enjoy the benefits of being able to communicate your innermost thoughts and feelings with the School's Poetry Writing Course.
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• Poetry Writing For Dreamers and Non-Dreamers

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED203

  One-on-one mentorship. This course teaches the craft of poetry writing resulting in publication and ISBN(see full description).
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• Professional Writing Skills at a Glance

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED1906

  This course covers the following three major areas of professionals writing skills.
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• Revive Your Writing!

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED208

  Bring your tired sentences, your terminally ill passive verbs, and your ailing descriptors.
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• Romantic Fiction Writing

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9122

  Throughout the course, you'll enjoy the help from your tutor to ensure that you acquire the right style, the right tone and vivid imagery that makes your reader see the setting and feel the atmosphere.
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• Scriptwriting - TV, Film, Stage, Radio

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9123

  Starting with this essential course in Scriptwriting, you will be taught the fundamental skills of writing the feature film script, from the original idea to finished screenplay. You'll learn how to apply your new found skills to every type of television and film script, from Comedies to Soap Operas.
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• Short Story Secrets

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED204

  Designed for the writer who wants to move beyond a first draft.
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• So You Wanna Be A Lyric Writer

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED101-C

  Learn from an expert how to compose lyrics and submit them for publication and performance.
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• So You Wanna Be A Newspaper Correspondent

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED10I-I

  Learn from an expert how to be a correspondent. Let an experienced journalist evaluate you to see if you have what it takes to be a correspondent.
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• So You Wanna Be A Poet

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED101-F

  Learn from an expert how to write poetry for profit or pleasure.
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• So You Wanna Be a Web Writer or Editor

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED101-H

  Find out what it takes to become a Web writer or editor, how to decide between freelancing and staff jobs, where to find work.
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• Taking the "Grr" Out of Grammar

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED1908

  Grammar and punctuation rules are tools to help you communicate more clearly. You will enjoy learning and working with practical rules that relate to typical business writing.
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• The Free-Lance Writing "Toolkit"

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED247-C

  The "Toolkit" is designed as a creative approach to help the learner design, implement, and practice his/her objective to become a successful free-lance writer.
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• Typing Pal--The Best Online Typing Course

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED2902

  Quick and easy way to learn keyboard typing!
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• Write a Marketable Script in 10 Weeks

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED213

  Learn how to produce "marketable" script in a minimal amount of time.
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• Write a Marketable Script in 10 Weeks with Final Draft (Latest Release)

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED210

  Learn how to produce a "marketable" script bundled with award wining Final Draft Software
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• Write for Business with Companion CD

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED2988

  Write for Business, an award-winning business writing and communication handbook for professionals in every business field, helps promote effective written and oral communication skills.
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• Write for Business-Proofreader`s Guide-eBook

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED2989

  The Proofreader`s Guide is a handy, quick reference guide containing all the information you need to accurately proofread your documents.
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• Writers at Work Certificate Bundle

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED254-E

  Enroll in all four of our best selling Writers at Work Series and earn a Certificate from an Accredited State University.
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• Writing and Selling Travelogues

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9124

  Embrace the wonderful world of the travel writer and experience one of the most wondrous and rewarding occupations with this course
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• Writing Biographies, Autobiographies and Family History

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9124

  This course will enable you to shape a diverse and colorful assortment of personal vignettes and stories into a graceful, coherent narrative that conveys the larger story of your life and will stimulate your creativity and get you writing one of the most important stories in the world - YOURS
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• Writing for Children

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9125

  This course gives you the unique opportunity to develop a career as a children's writer. The course has been developed to provide you with the knowledge to develop ideas for books and short stories through to the actual art of children's writing.
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• Writing Great Copy for Magazines

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED218

  During this course, students explore various aspects of writing for magazines.
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• Writing Historical Fiction

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9126

  The historical novel, a firm favorite with the reading public, is a genre which attracts many writers. Here is a practical and easy-to-follow course, written with expertise and authority, for any aspiring author who wants to work in this field.
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• Writing Saleable Articles

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9127

  There is no question that the quickest and most convenient way to make money from writing is to produce saleable articles. It is the quickest because mass market magazines are constantly on the look out for new articles, and it is the most convenient because the subject material can be something you already know about.
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• Writing Short Stories

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9128

  Learn how to create the character, use description, create a setting and plot a short story with this course in Short Story Writing.
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• Writing Web Content (Master Class)

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED232-F

  Write web content that persuades, informs, entertains, inspires, and sells.
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• Writing Your Life Story

  Distance-Education.org Course Code: DED211

  Record the events and people of your life.
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