ACS Releases New Course- Biographical Writing

ACS Distance Education have recently written and released a new course- Biographical Writing.

The Biographical Writing course is a 100-hour course that helps you understand the foundations in how you can go about writing your own biography. A biography is neither a diary nor a journal. It's more than a collection of ‘she did this’ and ‘he did that’. Although biographies are writing about life, it's more useful to think of them as a collection of writings about life events. What are the key events? How do these tie around a central theme or purpose?

What's the difference between biography and memoir? What's biographical research? Who "authorizes" a biography anyway?

Dig into how this popular form works with our new 100-hour course: Biographical Writing. You'll learn about different types of research, where to start gathering information, and how to apply the art of fiction to the craft of a biography. In the final lesson, you'll write a 2000 - 4000 word biography and receive individual feedback from our academic staff.

This course covers the following lessons:

• Scope and Nature of Biographical Writing
• Researching a Biography
• Developing Context
• Short Biographies
• Comprehensive Biographies
• Planning a Biography
• Editing and Marketing a Biography
• Project – Writing a Biographical Story

 For more information on the Biographical Writing course, please visit our website:

https://www.acs.edu.au/courses/biographical-writing-732.aspx