Detailed course notes covering the content of each module are emailed to you. 

At the end of each module, you will be required to submit an instalment of a certain word count to your tutor for feedback. You’ll be writing your novel as you go along. As the course progresses, the emphasis will shift from exercises to text critiques and support. You’ll regularly send instalments of your manuscript to your tutor for feedback. At the end of the 12 modules, you will have gained important writing skills and have a text instalment of at least 20,000 words. 

Once the writing tasks have been completed and emailed to your tutor, you will receive an assessment and feedback, and the module will be considered complete.

Absolutely. You have direct communication with your tutor for the duration of the course. The more questions you ask, the more you will get out of the course.

You will get lifetime access to the course. You will also benefit from future updates and improvements to the course.

For the majority of our courses, only your tutor will see your work. It will remain completely private unless you get it published. The journalism courses might see your work published in the public domain, but you do have the final say as to whether or not this happens.

You will receive a Writers College Certificate upon successful completion of the course, provided you meet the following conditions: 

• You must have completed all writing tasks.
• The course must have been completed within 24 months of registration.
• A minimum average of 50% must be achieved.

• Basic writing skills are essential.
• Computer skills as well as email and Internet access are required.
• No previous tertiary qualification is required.
• Must be over 25 years.

Because you will work with an individual tutor, you can start your course as soon as your application has been approved. There are no specific start dates as would be the case with a traditional college.

An application is usually approved within one working day. Once we receive proof of payment, your can start your course.

You could be starting your course today!

This is hard to predict as some people are simply faster writers than others. However, for each 1,000 words of your novel, anticipate spending about an hour writing and at least the same amount of time revising. Each exercise should not take more than two hours to complete. Finally, you should expect to spend some time at the end of the course giving your manuscript a final polish. This adds up to a rough estimate of 90 hours over the course of 12 modules, or around seven to eight hours per month.

Once your application has been approved, you will receive notification of approval and an invoice via email. As soon as we receive proof of payment, the first module as well as your tutor’s email address and your login details will be sent to you. Your tutor will also be in touch to welcome you.

Any work created on our courses is owned by you. We will never make a claim to anything you produce. We follow the rule that copyright subsists with the creator (you).