Overview

Playing with Prose is an introductory course for writers who'd like to explore the online learning environment of Olvar Wood, have some fun playing writing games, and learn a little something about the craft of writing. Playing with Prose is for writers who wish to explore both fiction and non-fiction prose writing.

It is suitable for writers who have little or no previous experience, or for those wishing to refresh their skills.

Playing with Prose is made up of six lessons:

• introduction: the writer's toolkit
• words
• sentences
• paragraphs
• scenes
• stories

Each lesson includes writing hints and tips, reading suggestions, writing exercises and forums in which you can post your writing experiments, ask questions, and engage in discussion with the teaching team at Olvar, and with other writers who are visiting the site.

Feedback

There are several opportunities in each lesson for you to submit your writing for informal feedback from both other writers in the course, and the course tutors. Feedback from the course tutors on your posts to forums and so on will not be in-depth, but will be personal and timely. You will not receive feedback on all of your posts or comments in the course, though you can expect to receive frequent, personal comments most of the time.

At the end of the course, you can submit up to 2000 words of your own writing and receive detailed, personal feedback from the course teachers.

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course, which is designed for beginners, as well as those wishing to refresh their understanding of the fundamentals of the writing craft. You will probably benefit most from the course if you have good, fast and reliable internet access, and up-to-date software, including either Firefox or Internet Explorer.

Course Availability

Playing with Prose is available for you to enrol in at any time. The course is self-paced; from the day you enrol you have a maximum of six months to complete the course.

How To Enrol

You can enrol in any course on OWL by going to the website, and clicking on the course title. You'll be guided through the process of creating a user profile and paying for your course (via Paypal).

If you'd prefer to have your user profile created for you (you can edit it later), and pay by either direct deposit or cheque, please contact us by email at admin@olvarwood.com.au