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Enter the Net--Writing for Online Media

Course Code: DED207
School: Distance-Education.org

Course Materials Available: 5 Days Estimated Hours to Complete Course: 16

Description

This course will help you determine your interests, how to write articles, fiction, or poetry for the online media, write the actual submission, and submit that to a researched publication.


Outcomes

Assessment will take place in the following areas:

  • List of interests and skills
  • List of researched online markets
  • Written and edited material for submission
  • Submission to and follow-up with online markets

NOTE: This is a self-directed course. Students will receive feedback on the final week`s assignment. Exercises completed before that week will be used to tailor the course to the student`s needs but will not receive individual feedback.

Assessment takes place in the form of final analysis and critiquing of a piece of text in the final week. Facilitator offers feedback on this final assignment.


Assessment

By the end of the course, you will have a prepared article (or short story or poem) ready for submission for publication.

Time permitting, we will submit and follow-up on these articles prior to the end of the course.

Outcomes include:

  • Research of interests and skills
  • Research of potential online markets
  • Writing and editing of material for submission
  • Submission to and follow-up with an online market


I'd Like To Enroll In This Course   $79.00

Instructor

Amy Cipolla Barnes has been a moderator, teacher, and facilitator for over ten years. She is involved with her local writers club as a member and as an officer. Her writing interests are diverse and include Southern literature and magical realism. She has published numerous non-fiction columns on topics ranging from stamp fraud to home offices, travel to pets. In addition, she has won contests for short stories, longer fiction, and poetry. She has been published in various literary journals and is currently working on her first novel and a collection of short stories. She also has taught a number of online courses that have covered topics, such as: online writing and beating writers block.