What’s it like to learn with AWC?

Loved the inclusiveness, feedback on my writing and encouragement. It has given me confidence to continue writing, that my ideas are good and can make a difference.

Overall, I really liked it. It was really beneficial and helped me achieve my aim.

Vivienne was brilliant - very encouraging and positive and she was extremely generous with her time, providing excellent and timely feedback for our written work. The course notes were also very helpful indeed.

I actually enjoyed writing the assignments and receiving feedback on how to improve them. And it was liberating to hear that anyone could have a publishable opinion, it wasn't just for experts. Thank you, Vivienne!

I now feel my opinion is not something of which to be ashamed. It might, with some polishing and more experience, even be publishable!

I have a strong tendency to write and not publish (all those manuscripts in my computer files...) but Vivienne had me submitting within hours of finishing the first lecture. This was really important for me.

I had completed the 'How to write for Children and Young Adults' course and it was excellent, so I was excited to continue on my writing journey with AWC.

Angela Slatter is very knowledgeable and provides real insight into the art of writing. Angela also provided constructive, direct and real feedback in a respectful manner. I feel like I learned a lot.

The course material was excellent. However, the part I enjoyed most was the actual writing, giving and receiving feedback to/from fellow writers and Angela.

Since I was 8, I had always imagined I would one day be a writer... that dream moved further and further away. However, this course has provided me with some real tools and I feel like it has finally kick started my writing journey.

If you want to write for fun, if you want to make writing your career, if you just want to kick start your creative side, there are a host of courses with AWC that might benefit you. This course could be the start of your writing journey.

Bernadette is a great tutor - engaging and down to earth with a wealth of experience. I had a great group too - who were kind and supportive towards each other so that made the experience all the more enjoyable.

Bernadette's feedback was prompt, clear and actionable - and she's great at delivering it in a kind and direct way!

The content was fascinating and has opened my eyes to the layers of technique that go into the copywriting and SEO copywriting that surrounds me every day.

It's pushed me out of my comfort zone to take those first steps to launch my own business. It now seems achievable.

AWC provides good quality courses with clear instruction and handy resources to help you up-skill, re-skill or learn a new skill.

Keep doing what you're doing team!

Bernadette is highly skilled, experienced and very credible. I felt like I was learning from an industry leader.

I enjoyed the practical knowledge imparted, and how well it linked with Copywriting Essentials, which I did at the same time.

This is about the ninth course I've done with AWC. They have all been great. SEO copywriting is next ...

Great courses, very practical, good value and a lot of fun.

I really enjoyed the course, including Valerie presenting on the videos and Cindy providing weekly feedback. I enjoyed the flexibility and being able to self-pace my assignments and learning.

I have developed more skills and understanding around how to pitch.

Cathie is incredibly knowledgeable and takes the time to give specific, customised feedback to each student. I enjoyed completing my manuscript and forming a great support network of fellow writers.

Completing a novel is such a rewarding experience, despite knowing it still needs a lot of work to be publishable! I actually wrote a middle grade novel during the end of the course and found it to be a far easier and enjoyable process than my original manuscript, as I could incorporate what I'd learned throughout the course in my writing.

The writers group that we've formed from the course has been the best surprise!

AWC courses are relevant, professional and enjoyable and will help you achieve your goals.

Vivienne is a highly-skilled writer but she is an excellent teacher. So much valuable information was provided in addition to her insider tips and tricks. Because writing opinion pieces is so new to me, I will go through my notes as well as access the course info while it is still available. At first, I thought I wouldn't be able to write opinion pieces because I had only looked at two newspapers and didn't like the politics. But there are so many publications whose content is in my area of expertise and interest.

I enjoyed the other attendees' questions, the examples and how-tos, the practical ideas for each of the tasks required for submitting opinions. The feedback on the attendees' submissions were an excellent learning opportunity.

Bernadette is a great tutor and very generous with her time and knowledge. I have enjoyed every minute of her courses.

Excellent feedback, brilliant resources. I feel I have learned a lot, and there is even more to discover in Copy Club.

All my previous experience adds up to skills and knowledge that makes me more confident to call myself a copywriter.

AWC offers great courses - excellent value, practical and immediately applicable. They are really professional and fun at the same time.

The course taught me so much about the basics. Made me realise that writing a novel is possible if one follows a process. Taught me the non-negotiables of novel writing and lots of tips for improvement. Tutor feedback was very good.

David was a generous, engaging and intelligent tutor. I enjoyed hearing his experiences as a profile writer. I've always admired David's writing so to spend time with him effectively one-on-one was very special.

Brilliant, practical, industry-focused courses offering knowledge and skills that can be applied immediately. Great value and depth.

The content and delivery were great. The feedback given was of high quality and akin to having a personal editor - terrific.

A well-developed and comprehensive course. I now have more confidence to submit my idea.

I loved Vivienne's joy in her work. I benefited from her support and encouragement - and of course her comments on my work. She was honest, giving, supportive, positive, wide-ranging and gave us lots of options.

I enjoyed the feedback not only from Vivienne but all the course participants. Seeing their work was great.

This was the best professional development course of any kind I have ever done, and the best, most explicit, useful creative writing course too - just packed with useful content.

The tutor was professional, prompt, tactful but direct. Excellent.

I enjoyed the huge amount of practical guidance in the audio content.

I know so much no now about how to write a publishable book and get it in front of a publisher and everything that comes after. I am very hopeful I can get one or more published now.

Do it! If you're serious about learning to write a picture book, this is the course.

I've read a lot of opinion pieces in newspapers and always thought it was for experts, so I was interested to see how this format could be utilised by other people, especially as a way of also building credibility in a field.

Vivienne had a wonderful 'teacherly' energy, which fit this format of training well. I thought she was very generous with her time and using her experience to help others.

I have completed many courses at AWC. While I haven't pursued one single writing format from those that I have learned at AWC as a career, all of the varied skills I've learned have helped me succeed in my current role as a curriculum and content writer and now curriculum manager who mentors other curriculum writers - plus it has helped me to become very clear about my future goals as a writer outside of the training industry. This has all come about because of the support of the AWC facilitators and the community who, through the sharing of their own experiences and skills, help every student realise that we have what it takes to own the title of 'writer'.

I enjoyed this course. The way Tim presented it was entertaining and humorous. It was so easy to watch his personality shining through the videos. The professional way he taught was really good.

Take that step and enrol in a Writers' Centre course. I have done quite a few to give me more knowledge with my writing. See where this journey takes you. Although you may find, like I did, that it takes you in a different direction. After doing Writing Chapter Books for 6-9 year olds and Laugh Out Loud, I have now found my writer's voice. To write funny stories for children. Thank you AWC.

I have been interested in learning more about writing picture books for children for many years. I liked the content of the course and the way I was able to do the course online in my own time.

The way it is presented is good. The handouts are interesting and informative. Suzanne presented the modules clearly and gave useful feedback for each of my assignments and always had something positive to say. I will go over her comments when I continue working on my stories.

I just love writing really. It makes me happy and I can't wait to write some more over the holidays.

I would recommend this course to others and I will be enrolling in further AWC courses in 2022.

Pamela was great. Generous with her time, allowing us to ask questions that weren't necessarily on the current topic but that all budding writers are desperate to hear and learn about.

I enjoyed hearing so many great ideas from the other students. Everyone talking Fantasy and Sci Fi was great, really 'got you in the zone' for that specific genre and got your brain thinking. Helped me break through a couple of blockages I had with my own story, just by having my head firmly planted in the genre.

I was in a bit of a rut for my third book. I think I have an idea now to get me out of that rut ... which is essentially why I signed up for the course, to see if it could knock me back on track.

I think this is probably my 6th or 7th course with AWC. If I didn't like them then I wouldn't keep coming back. Go for it. Helps to get the inspiration firing and put your bum back in the chair.

I knew I wanted to write genre fiction and thought this would help to give me the lay of the land (and it very much did!)

I enjoyed all of it! But the standout is the connection - with the tutor, with the other writers, with my own ideas. I loved the presumption of being a writer that applied to us all - there was no sense of needing to earn my stripes or make disclaimers about being a tentative beginner. It was wonderful! Pamela is a goddess.

People liked my story idea. They bothered remembering things about it and being curious about it. I'd never told anyone anything tangible about a story idea before this class, never even committed vocally to wanting to be a writer. Now I know that I can write a book and however it turns out I'll have had an awesome time.

I completed How to Write for Children and Young Adults and was impressed with the quality of the course and tutor. Novel Writing Essentials seemed to be the next logical step for my further education in writing a novel.

The course content made so much sense and was invaluable for developing a mindset of persistence in what is, for many, a very abstract or romanticized endeavour: writing a novel. The technical advice and feedback provided by the tutor and audio modules was exceptional in quality and delivery of information/education.

Angela impressed me with her professional communications (to me and other students) and critiques. Like other tutors at AWC, to be encouraged, educated and critiqued by someone who's established in the industry like Angela, gave me confidence to keep going with my writing and feel great about the decision of having enrolled in the course.