Become an Author and turn your ideas into powerful stories that inspire, educate, and influence readers worldwide. Learn essential writing skills, publishing insights, and strategies to build a successful author career.
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Become an Author is a comprehensive author training course designed to strengthen your creative writing, story development, and narrative skills. It guides learners through the essentials of book writing and builds a strong foundation for a successful writing career. This program helps you understand core concepts of storytelling and structured writing practice.
The curriculum covers manuscript writing, writing process, and publishing skills with step-by-step guidance. Learners practice editing, formatting, and refining content for self publishing. From drafting to revision, each module builds professional book writing abilities and strengthens your ability to prepare a publish-ready manuscript for platforms like Kindle and paperback editions.
Participants master grammar for authors, story development, and narrative skills while advancing through structured modules. The course also explains how to publish, self publishing strategies, and preparing covers and uploading. By the end, learners gain confidence in the writing process and build a strong foundation for a long-term writing career.
Learners complete an assignment designed to evaluate their understanding of the course content. The assignment is reviewed by qualified tutors who provide personalised feedback, allowing learners to demonstrate their applied knowledge and skills.
After completing the Become an Author course assessment, you will be eligible to receive a CPD-accredited certificate worth £9 from One Education to demonstrate your achievement.
The certificate is also available as a printed hard copy delivered by post for £15.
Quality Licence Scheme Endorsed Certificate
Learners also have the option to order a Quality Licence Scheme (QLS) Endorsed Certificate as additional proof of achievement. The QLS Endorsed Certificate can be delivered by post for £69, with an additional £10 postage charge for international students.
This course has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. Your training provider will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.
Become an Author helps learners understand how to turn ideas, experiences, and knowledge into a structured and engaging book. It focuses on essential writing skills such as planning, outlining, storytelling, and developing a consistent writing routine.
This course also supports creative and professional development by strengthening self-expression, communication, and publishing awareness. It is valuable for individuals who want to share their message, build a writing career, or successfully complete and publish their own book.
The Become an Author course has a total study time of 2 days, 11 hours. Learners can work through the material at a flexible pace, enabling them to complete the programme conveniently while developing practical skills in writing, storytelling, publishing fundamentals, and author development strategies.
The Become an Author course has simple and accessible requirements. Learners should have an interest in writing, storytelling, and creative expression. No prior publishing experience is needed. Basic grammar and communication skills are helpful. As the course is online, a device and stable internet connection are required for flexible, self-paced learning.
This course guides you through the complete process of writing, structuring, and publishing a book, helping you turn your ideas, experiences, or expertise into a finished manuscript.
It is ideal for aspiring writers, professionals, coaches, bloggers, entrepreneurs, and anyone who wants to publish a book for personal, educational, or commercial purposes.
You will learn idea development, book planning, chapter structuring, storytelling techniques, writing discipline, editing basics, and an overview of publishing options.
No, this course is beginner-friendly and designed to help anyone start writing a book from scratch, even with no prior writing experience.
It depends on your consistency and topic, but with structured guidance, many learners can complete a first draft within a few weeks to a few months.
Yes, the course prepares you for both self-publishing and traditional publishing pathways so you can choose the option that best fits your goals.
| Become an Author | |||
| Module 01: Instructor Introduction | 00:03:00 | ||
| Module 02: Who-is-an-Author | 00:07:00 | ||
| Module 03: How-to-Start-Writing | 00:17:00 | ||
| Module 04: Edit-Edit-Edit | 00:08:00 | ||
| Module 05: Grammar-for-Authors | 00:10:00 | ||
| Module 06: How-and-Where-to-Publish | 00:10:00 | ||
| Module 07: Formatting-your-Book | 00:10:00 | ||
| Module 08: Formatting-a-PAPERBACK | 00:10:00 | ||
| Module 09: Formatting-a-KINDLE | 00:14:00 | ||
| Module 10: Formatting-a-SMASHWORDS | 00:07:00 | ||
| Module 11: Preparing-Covers-and-Uploading | 00:15:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Become an Author | 2 days, 10 hours | ||
| Order Your Certificate | |||
| Order Your Certificate QLS | 00:00:00 | ||
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