How to Write Well
With this 4-part Writing Course, you'll soon discover how to avoid simple and write well enough for any editor to sit up and take notice.
 In order to give your writing that edge it needs, you must understand how it functions because its success depends on all its individual parts working together. It's a bit like making a motor car - you can't get four tyres, a steering wheel, a handful of nuts and bolts, a couple of pistons, a carburettor etc, toss them all into a barrel, give them a bit of a mix, tip them out on the garage floor and expect to see a Porsche smiling back at you ... It's just not going to happen!
Likewise, you can't just scratch a few words onto a page and expect anyone else to know exactly what you meant. All words have a special function to perform in a sentence and you misuse them at your peril.
It's Time to Improve Your Writing Skills
The writing course is offered as a digital home study course so you can learn at home, in your own time.
TUTORIAL 1 takes you through all the fundamentals of grammar. Learn how to use the parts of speech: nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections. You'll soon understand when to use the different types of pronouns (when to use 'who' and when to use 'whom'); how to avoid common errors of agreement and much more. There are detailed explanations of the form and function of all parts of speech, examples, exercises AND answers.
TUTORIAL 2 covers some of the essentials of vocabulary (so you can sprinkle a few more of the million words in our language into your conversation). Find out what NOT to do as well as how to make the most effective use of your store of words. You'll discover simple tips that will help you work out the meaning of new words, so you'll never be embarrassed in company again.
TUTORIAL 3 shows you how to put all the "bits" together, into sentences and paragraphs, and then deals with everybody's favourite: punctuation! Once you've worked through this Tutorial, you'll have all the confidence you need to write perfectly punctuated sentences. The apostrophe will hold no terror for you!
TUTORIAL 4 examines the best way to write for different audiences and purposes (and gives a few tips about spelling). You'll be surprised at the number of different styles of writing you may need in the course of one week. Learn how to master them all.
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