What’s it like to learn with AWC?

I enjoyed Valerie Khoo's positive and inspiring delivery. Useful info on how to set up a freelance writing business in Australia.

AWC benefits both beginner and experienced writers. What you learn from seasoned professionals will help you to make the right decisions about your writing. Experienced writers can learn about new trends and opportunities that would broaden their scope.

I learnt lots that I did not even consider. I enjoyed the measured pace and examples and how to avoid the pitfalls.

I'm now more aware of what I am writing about in my blog and its implications to those people I mention

AWC has great online courses that you can do at your own pace with loads of interesting information. They also have a great weekly email and excellent podcasts.

After enjoying all 42 of Bernadette's "So you want to be a copywriter" podcasts (some of which I've listened to several times), I wanted to set myself up for success with the Copywriting Essentials course.

I've never come across such a sensational online tutor. Bernadette has a winning personality, a great sense of humour, makes everything easy to understand and does it all with a smile. Bernadette's feedback is genuinely aimed at wanting to help all the course participants be successful.

The course has encouraged me to want to learn more about copywriting and creative writing as a source of income. Along with all the podcasts, it's made me realise that I can earn a great income from something I love doing and that I can choose who I want to work with.

Thanks very much! I've enjoyed this course and it's given me the confidence to write a lot more short stories and enter competitions over the past year - I won one and have been listed in others!

I enjoyed the self-paced nature of the course, the examples and the insights from authors. It's made me even more determined to write and given me the confidence to just do it.

I think writing non-fiction is far more formulaic than I realised. The course breaks the 'formula' into bite-sized categories or elements that somehow make the whole seem more achievable.

AWC courses are a worthwhile investment in you and your passion for writing; they are comprehensive, practical, and affordable.

Angela gives great feedback and always finds extra information that is helpful. Her advice is practical and straight-forward. Brilliant.

I enjoyed the weekly lessons and learning additional skills about writing. I picked up a lot of things to look out for in my own writing by reading others and this will be helpful.

Novel Writing Essentials is the perfect follow on from Creative Writing Stage 1 and will take your writing to the next level.

I knew I needed some expert advice/teaching on planning, and was very excited at the chance to learn from the wonderful Kate Forsyth! So much information, but presented so clearly and with plenty of opportunities to ask questions. A true masterclass!

Kate is so knowledgeable, approachable and friendly and so generous in the sharing of her own methods and processes.

I enjoyed the breadth of what was offered; so much research and knowledge summarised and refined into two sessions, so students benefitted from years of work and experience without having to spend those years ourselves before we could get started.

I had always struggled with the idea of planning a story as it felt a bit constrictive and contrived; but having hit roadblocks with my story I realised that my organic, free-range writing style was not the only way, and in fact could not get me all the way to a finished, rich and well-constructed novel. But I couldn't work out where to start with how to plan!

I learned that the plan can be just as inspired as the story itself, and that knowing where the story was headed could actually make the writing process more exciting, not less.

Whatever the style, genre or purpose of your writing, no matter what issues you face, the AWC has a course to make your writing better, devised and facilitated by experts who want to see you succeed.

It is an incredible course to do, especially amidst a busy life schedule. Answered all the questions of a first time writer.

Don't think about it, just do it.

This is a useful course. It's clear, succinct, and covers a fair bit of ground with a range of content approaches and samples of how they are used in different contexts. Supplementary materials provide useful insights into the SME and big business markets.

I enjoyed the templates and different types of samples. Appreciate the bonus materials too. Clear presentation and easy to complete are big plusses.

I am considering a novel set in a previous time and I wanted some hints and tips.

The course covered a lot of content; there was no stone left unturned. I feel I have all the tools to assist me on my way.

Freelance writing is something I have always been interested in and I decided it would be a great idea to broaden my knowledge on the subject. I happened to google freelance writing Australia and came across the Australian Writers' Centre.

I could not wait to join the class and learn everything they had to teach me. I am a beginner and I hope to take away what I have learnt and grow over time.

I felt that feedback given was very helpful and will help me grow to be a better freelance writer.

The whole thing was new to me, and the enjoyable part was just learning the different aspects that I had no idea just how much was involved. People take for granted that all the interviews, articles etc. are there but don't know behind the scenes of what one has to go through in order to get there.

Oh wow, I have learnt so much, but everything to me seems like an 'aha' moment. When you're new to a world you've never experienced, you take it all in.

I have said to my friends if this is something you want to partake in, I strongly recommend that you do the course as it has taught me so much.

Thank you for teaching me and for having me as a student.

I wanted to learn more and also wanted the discipline that taking a course would impose on my writing. Angela's reputation and abilities as a tutor were a deciding factor also.

The comments and information from Angela Slatter were really helpful. The feedback not only from the tutor but from others on the course was a lot more helpful than I realised it would be before the course began. I haven't done a course with feedback like that before and had no idea how useful it would be.

I have been very disciplined about my writing and have really progressed my novel over the weeks. The feedback has helped me expand my thinking about plot, characters and structure especially and has been really great.

Angela Slatter talked about how she splits her novel into four sections and uses that to guide her writing. Structure is something I have (and still) struggle with. I found by splitting the book into four and using the main structure points as waypoints then writing the chapters that led from a to b to c to d it helped enormously to not only get the work done, but to have a much clearer path on how to get it done. It's helped my writing enormously.

Great courses. Great teachers. You might think the courses are expensive but they're worth every penny. You get what you pay for.

The whole thing was a really enjoyable experience and I'm glad I did it.

It was a great refresher and updated some of my old conventional practices. The tutor was a very clear communicator and made the course interesting while moving through efficiently.

I enjoyed the clarification of some concepts such as active and passive voice and commonly misused words.

It was an accessible and practical course. It has made me think more about my writing style and I'm keen to sharpen my writing from now on.

I want to learn to write romance. I was particularly drawn to this course because I wanted to learn how to write romantic elements in my cosy murder mystery as a sub-plot, and it has really helped me to do that.

I enjoyed all of this course and I'll be coming back to re-learn as I keep writing forward. I think I really enjoyed the exercises that solidify the learnings, and the interviews with successful romance writers too. I also enjoyed the depth of knowledge provided, as well as the questions asked that got me thinking deeply about my characters, their pasts and how that affects them in the present, and I especially appreciated learning the difference between what is romance and what are romantic elements. That definition was enormously helpful.

My understanding of romance is clearer than it has ever been. I've started using the handouts to learn about my cosy murder mystery characters who are also love interests. I've plotted my story and included romantic elements so I don't forget them as I write forward. This has been the first time I've ever felt like I'll actually be able to write a story with romantic elements that work.

I think the best aha moment was the realisation that I can do this. With the knowledge and guidance of AWC in my writer's toolbox, I feel equipped to make my dream of writing commercial/publishable romance fiction come true.

This course was brilliant! It provides clarity on what is and is not romance, and exactly how to write a story that includes romantic elements as well as how to write a romance that meets a romance reader's expectations. If you want to write romance and you're not sure where to start, do this course!

Michelle was very good and clearly explained each of the sections in the course. Updating old knowledge to current conventions was valuable.

It has made me mindful of my writing and I'm looking forward to putting into practice the editing skills that I learned.

It covers a lot of valuable information in two sessions, which was time well spent.

This is a great foundation for fiction writers. It was easy to understand and was delivered in short and to the point videos.

As a reformed comma splice offender, I will no longer abuse the comma key on my laptop. Prepare full stop, ellipses and em dash: you're up!

The course offers a solid foundation of punctuation and grammar for fiction writers across all genres.

Bernadette was very professional, engaging and encouraging. She always had a wonderful ability of reassuring good work while providing feedback to further improve your work.

I enjoyed the assignments. They were a great way to practice and reinforce what was being learnt.

I've developed more confidence in my writing. I also feel like I have a safety-net now - if I'm stuck, I can refer back to what I learnt and the different tools provided which is so helpful.

The course gives you real, usable and transferable tools for writing.

Thank you!

I am writing more newsletters, business correspondence and creating scientific/educational resources and wanted to improve my plain English skills.

The course was well presented with good examples for each rule and tip. It was easy to understand and the examples gave the rules context. I also liked the opportunity to have my work reviewed.

I have a good reference or key grammar rules now as well as the 11 golden rules. Makes thinking about writing in a professional manner more accessible.

I enrolled in this course because I have been writing consistently without structure and the writing is a dog's breakfast!

Kate Forsyth is very engaging and knowledgeable. She was experienced, patient, and completely immersed in the world of creative writing.

The course was a delight. The salient points were condensed in a practical way without being boring. It has assisted me to pinpoint exactly why my writing is a dog's breakfast and given me the tools to start fixing the problems.

If you are time poor and need to boost your creative writing it is exceptionally good value for time and money.

Thank you for making this course accessible to me by doing it online.

Pam is ace. She is so calm and kind and she took my intro comments and gave me pointed feedback that was useful and easy to digest.

I enjoyed the deadlines to submit work. It helped me overcome my procrastination or letting life get in the way.

It helped me establish a new creative writing routine post-uni. Indeed, I considered Write Your Novel as a remedial course! Due to university commitments, I hadn’t been able to work creatively and focus on my novels for three years.

I established a good writing technique or routine by pushing myself to write toward a deadline. After working from home for three years, I understood I couldn't be creatively productive there.

I took the train to the library on the weekend, aiming to get there by the 10am opening time. I could sometimes use my phone to write on the train if I felt up to it. At the library, I could put in 1.5 hours of writing. For a lunch break, I would walk to a cafe, and while waiting for food, I could sometimes put down some more words. Afterwards, if I felt up to it, I would return to a library to write or do a creative nourishment activity (such as a movie). Had I seen a movie, the train ride home was another space and time to get some more writing done.

This seems indulgent, expensive and fattening! But making time for myself to work on my novels and do creative things was wonderful for my writing progress *and* mental health. This course helped me to develop and understand my writing needs.