Tag: Open University

To be a writer

Posted on February 2, 2018 by

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It’s been eight months since our OU Advanced Creative Writing course finished. And I have to say that I really miss it. This is the first time in three years that I haven’t been taking a writing course, and although I love my Design…

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What I Learned From My Creative Writing Courses

Posted on June 9, 2017 by

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As an editor I’m trained to edit. I can take an author’s book and polish it. I can address the grammar, spelling and flow along with all the other editory type things that us editors do. I can tell an author what’s working and…

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When One Door Closes

Posted on May 27, 2016 by

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This week has been a momentous one for me. Work has been plodding along nicely, but on Thursday I submitted my creative writing course end of module assignment. When I enrolled on the OU Creative Writing course A215 I really didn’t know what I…

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