Making the Most of your Life Experiences
Making the Most of your Life Experiences
A unique, purposeful and enjoyable course to tell you how to best capitalise on what is probably your most prized possession: your stock of personal memories. The course will guide you through what is likely to work well and warns you of obvious dangers. It is full of tips gained from practical experience which you can apply to telling your memories, whether you do so for occasional pleasure or as the basis of a business.
This is a general overview of the topics covered in this course. However, following the first two assignments your tasks are personalised for you by your tutor based on your personal profile and writing ambitions.
Course Contents
- Making the Most of your Life Experiences
- Retelling your life experiences
- Research your writing
- Planning your writing or talk
- The art of writing
- The spoken word
- Making and publishing your book
- Tips gained from practical experience
- Making your writing sparkle
- Building a reputation
This is a summary of this writing courses main specifications.
| Suitable for: | ✔ Writers starting out ✔ Improving writers |
| Starting: | Anytime |
| Pace: | At your own pace |
| Location: | Study from home |
| Max duration: | 2 Years |
| Course type: | Tutor led |
| Delivery: | Email or Post |
| Deadlines: | None |
| Exercises: | Personalised for you |
Course Description
Making the Most of your Life Experiences
Your most prized possession: your stock of personal memories
A unique, purposeful and enjoyable course to tell you how to best capitalise on what is probably your most prized possession: your stock of personal memories. The course will guide you through what is likely to work well and warns you of obvious dangers. It is full of tips gained from practical experience which you can apply to telling your memories, whether you do so for occasional pleasure or as the basis of a business.
Explore many different markets
As well as exploring the many different markets, the course includes units on careful preparation, the actual act of writing, making and even publishing your own book or booklet, how to give talks and lectures (including points on presentation and how to get invitations), how to make your writing and talking sparkle without patronising your audience, and even how to make use of your personal experiences in order to build a reputation as the acknowledged expert in a specialised field.
Putting it into words
While the emphasis is on sharing your memories with the widest possible audience, attention is also paid to the satisfaction of creating a family heirloom.
Course Feedback
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It's having a completely unbiased view of your work that really makes all the hard work worth it.
From: S Locke
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My tutor has become like a friend and has been so helpful.
From: D Simkin
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Have been so impressed I'm dreading my last assignment, because I know it will mean the end of the course.
From: C Ellis
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