Lifestyle Learning Direct

Immerse yourself into a world of fantasy and imagination!

Agatha Christie once said that a short story was "something that can be read in an hour and remembered for a lifetime." However, good short stories don't just emerge by luck. Rather, they require a comprehensive, logical writing method that takes you from start to finish; that's exactly what this course is designed to do, enabling you to turn your creative ideas into short stories, either for pleasure or profit.

Short stories are one of the most well-liked forms of fiction. Many magazines depend on them to fill their allocated fiction pages, and paperback publishers find anthologies of short stories are popular sellers. So, short stories can become a rewarding form of writing, both financially and creatively.

With the help of Lifestyle Learning Direct’s Short Story Writing specialist course, you learn how to develop plots, build suspense and maintain interest, the techniques of relating characters to their allotted situations, as well as using elements of sympathy and empathy to create characters your readers will identify with.

Key areas of learning - Short Story Writing course

• Plot planning
• Writing effective stories
• Essential fiction know-how
• The way to characterise
• Selling short stories

Additional materials included in the Short Story Writing - correspondence course

Specialised writing reference library!

LIMITED TIME ONLY - ENROL online in a correspondence course by 31 March 2012 and pay in full, OR enrol and pay your instalments by credit card to receive an entry into the AUD$2,500 Cash Prize Draw!

Delivery Options

Correspondence - paper version

Correspondence - CD-ROM version

Online -  (click on the link below for further details on pricing and enrolment)

For CD-ROM Part Payment options, please contact Student Services.

To enrol, simply click on your preferred delivery below. Did you know you can SAVE, by completing this course online and paying upfront?