What’s it like to learn with AWC?

It explained in plain detail exactly what a writing voice and tone consisted of - something I couldn't understand for years, and it all finally clicked.

The AWC helped me get back into writing with passion after I was on the brink of abandoning it altogether.

Pamela's style is clear, easy to follow and understand. It totally married in with Module 2, which is where I'm up to in Creative Writing 1. Further explanations of 'voice' etc helped me. I now hope I can translate it to my writing!!

An excellent resource of valuable material and people.

The enthusiasm and evident expertise of Pamela was infectious and helped to motivate me to greater efforts with my writing.

The AWC provides some excellent resources and short seminars to support beginning and aspiring writers.

The presentation was excellent. The material was presented in a clear way and reinforced throughout the evening.

Pamela is an excellent presenter and pulls lots of things we might already know together so that applying the knowledge becomes easier and more obvious.

Well worth doing. You always come away with something you can apply immediately.

Pamela was a brilliant presenter - the information was clear, consistent and delivered with authority, experience and humour.

I like that there were different exercises that gave 'bird's eye views' of the manuscript.

It has given me new tools to approach editing (which will also affect how I plan and write in the future).

AWC courses are good and well designed for self-paced learning.

The tutor was awesome. I enjoyed the feedback.

I know now that I can write and make a living out of it. If you want to learn how to make a life out of writing, you need to go to the AWC.

The feedback from other students as well as the tutor was really great. The feedback from everyone was inspiring. The tutor was very knowledgeable and relatable. Provided great insights and information.

Really excellent courses and tutors. Worth every cent.

I wanted the skills to be able to write my story ideas and to find online feedback for what I'm doing.

The tutor was positive and affirming. I enjoyed the exercises and reading what other people did with them.

I now have a scaffold in which to write and organise my work. I was afraid that all my back-story research was wasting time from the actual writing but now I see it was all a part of it. It has made me a bit awed at the amount of work to do, but excited also to see how far I can push these characters and ideas.

The AWC will open your eyes up to so many possibilities in how to write. Very supportive and lots of courses to choose from.

I want to get back into the workforce but in a business of my own and in a career I will enjoy. In 2012, I completed the course for writing Children and YA novels with AWC. After searching the courses on the site, copywriting caught my attention as it seemed to answer the questions I've been looking for.

The tutor was very positive. The feedback was fantastic.

I enjoyed learning that I am capable of writing copy.

AWC courses are really easy to follow and easy to complete in spare time. The feedback is great; being able to hear and see the tutor talk about your work.

I was attracted to the novel writing series of courses because, having bought quite a few how-to-write-a-book books, I wasn't completely 'getting it' and thought short interactive courses would be a good way for things to click. I chose the AWC because it seemed well established, and I liked the idea of a local school that fit my timezone (didn't matter in the end!) and I had the chance to meet other local writers-to-be.

I did this course first (CWS1) mainly because it seemed to be how the courses were set up. I was worried that it would be more of a 'rah rah' course to get you writing (with all of the good bits in the later courses) but I was very pleasantly surprised to see it really was a very practical approach to get you thinking about writing a book rather than just writing.

Victoria was great. The feedback was supportive and constructive, and done with the right tone for an introductory course. I also really appreciated the timeliness of the feedback (always on the Monday).

Strangely, I enjoyed the assignments the most (first course that's ever been true for I think!) And the video feedback was ever helpful.

These people know and care about what they're doing. You will be better for having done the course. I can now see a path to actually writing a book. Worth the money just for that.

Completing the Copywriting Essentials course got me motivated to learn about what it takes to run your own Copywriting Business.

The modules are really easy to follow and understand. Bernadette's feedback was fantastic. She genuinely wants to help you out and help you reach your full potential.

It's made me realise I am able to do this, I just have to get the ball rolling and get on with it.

The courses are really easy to follow and complete in your spare time. The feedback is via Loom so you get to hear and/or see your tutor rather than just read their feedback. It makes it feel more personal.

I wanted to make sure my story was off to a good start and that it was something people would be interested to read.

I had taken a long break from writing and was not sure if I was ready to jump into a course like this, or if I needed to give myself time to get back into a routine first.

Angela was incredibly helpful and generous with her comments and the resources she shared with the group. Her feedback was always insightful and she always asked questions which got me and my classmates to think a bit more deeply about our work - once I get through to my next draft there will be a lot to incorporate and hopefully make my story better!

I loved reading everyone else's amazing submissions and getting to read things that I would not normally read - we had such great writers in our group! Receiving feedback on my own work was scary but it helped me to see what people liked about my novel and where there were opportunities to improve.

I'm inspired to keep going and get to The End. I now have a routine and a weekly word count goal and I have proven to myself that I can do it - no more excuses!

I think after I submitted my first piece and read the comments from my classmates and tutors, I had a moment of "Oh, they liked it! I should keep going!" and that has spurred me on to keep writing and get to the end.

I have done a couple of courses through AWC now and I have always found them to be very inspiring with great course material and wonderful, helpful tutors. My advice would be if you want to get your story off to a good start and learn some fundamentals of writing along the way, then Novel Writing Essentials is perfect for you.

I am still building the confidence to get started, so this course was a great introduction and gave me a lot of useful information to help me on the road to writing.

I enjoyed the handouts and exercises which reinforced the learning in the audios.

The AWC has a great range of courses to suit all needs. Most importantly, the courses are quite in-depth which some other courses are not.

I enjoyed Valerie Khoo's positive and inspiring delivery. Useful info on how to set up a freelance writing business in Australia.

AWC benefits both beginner and experienced writers. What you learn from seasoned professionals will help you to make the right decisions about your writing. Experienced writers can learn about new trends and opportunities that would broaden their scope.

After enjoying all 42 of Bernadette's "So you want to be a copywriter" podcasts (some of which I've listened to several times), I wanted to set myself up for success with the Copywriting Essentials course.

I've never come across such a sensational online tutor. Bernadette has a winning personality, a great sense of humour, makes everything easy to understand and does it all with a smile. Bernadette's feedback is genuinely aimed at wanting to help all the course participants be successful.

The course has encouraged me to want to learn more about copywriting and creative writing as a source of income. Along with all the podcasts, it's made me realise that I can earn a great income from something I love doing and that I can choose who I want to work with.

I learnt lots that I did not even consider. I enjoyed the measured pace and examples and how to avoid the pitfalls.

I'm now more aware of what I am writing about in my blog and its implications to those people I mention

AWC has great online courses that you can do at your own pace with loads of interesting information. They also have a great weekly email and excellent podcasts.

I wanted to learn more and also wanted the discipline that taking a course would impose on my writing. Angela's reputation and abilities as a tutor were a deciding factor also.

The comments and information from Angela Slatter were really helpful. The feedback not only from the tutor but from others on the course was a lot more helpful than I realised it would be before the course began. I haven't done a course with feedback like that before and had no idea how useful it would be.

I have been very disciplined about my writing and have really progressed my novel over the weeks. The feedback has helped me expand my thinking about plot, characters and structure especially and has been really great.

Angela Slatter talked about how she splits her novel into four sections and uses that to guide her writing. Structure is something I have (and still) struggle with. I found by splitting the book into four and using the main structure points as waypoints then writing the chapters that led from a to b to c to d it helped enormously to not only get the work done, but to have a much clearer path on how to get it done. It's helped my writing enormously.

Great courses. Great teachers. You might think the courses are expensive but they're worth every penny. You get what you pay for.

The whole thing was a really enjoyable experience and I'm glad I did it.

Freelance writing is something I have always been interested in and I decided it would be a great idea to broaden my knowledge on the subject. I happened to google freelance writing Australia and came across the Australian Writers' Centre.

I could not wait to join the class and learn everything they had to teach me. I am a beginner and I hope to take away what I have learnt and grow over time.

I felt that feedback given was very helpful and will help me grow to be a better freelance writer.

The whole thing was new to me, and the enjoyable part was just learning the different aspects that I had no idea just how much was involved. People take for granted that all the interviews, articles etc. are there but don't know behind the scenes of what one has to go through in order to get there.

Oh wow, I have learnt so much, but everything to me seems like an 'aha' moment. When you're new to a world you've never experienced, you take it all in.

I have said to my friends if this is something you want to partake in, I strongly recommend that you do the course as it has taught me so much.

Thank you for teaching me and for having me as a student.

I am considering a novel set in a previous time and I wanted some hints and tips.

The course covered a lot of content; there was no stone left unturned. I feel I have all the tools to assist me on my way.