What’s it like to learn with AWC?

I found the way Dean taught the course very interesting to stay focused. His sense of humour gave it this little extra.

I never realised the details you can add into a real estate listing. I found Dean is great at adding stories to it which is what I try to do in my own copywriting. In this way, it was very beneficial for me.

Completing the course provides a sense of achievement. But knowing I will use the learnings provides a sense of excitement and anticipation!

Suzanne is a lovely tutor. I liked the balance of feedback - constructive and positive. She has the sweetest voice so I always looked forward to hearing her views on our work.

I enjoyed getting to understand the important elements of writing a children's picture book. Sparkling language, structure, rhythm, and having a protagonist that moves the story along. There is so much to learn but it all made sense.

It has given me the theoretical nous to actually do something. I am spending more time focused on the next steps. Watching more and researching more. It has become an important passion for me.

The course is a nice entrance into the world of writing. No matter how daunted you might feel, take the step and know that there are many others like you who aspire to write. This course gives you the tools to match up your aspiration with practical application.

Thank you for the encouragement and the ongoing benefits of this investment. I will continue to utilise the AWC resources and maybe another course down the track once I master what I have learnt and start pitching manuscripts to publishers.

I got more from the course than I expected as it allowed me to more fully develop the idea I have for a novel.

Pamela was very good at providing constructive feedback - I learnt from the feedback she provided to other students as well as myself. She also provided extra tips on novel writing through the modules, which I found very valuable. She was also very approachable in answering questions.

About halfway through I stopped being concerned about being judged and just looked forward to the feedback and discussion. Our exercises didn't have to be perfectly crafted, as it was about learning.

I'm committing to setting up a writing routine - I really don't want to lose the momentum and feeling of creativity the course gave me. I'm also trying to approach it as being about having fun without the pressure of looking ahead to whether I can get published. I also feel there is more support available to help me on my way with other courses.

The AWC offers a very supportive environment with practical advice. You're not 'cut loose' at the end, as there's an ongoing group of people who you can interact with if you're willing to put yourself out there, and lots of options to keep learning and finishing your novel through courses.

I really enjoyed the course and am glad I did it. After years of procrastination, it feels like my dream of writing could be more real if I can just commit to keep writing. Just do it.

The tutor really knows what she's talking about. It was great listening to and learning from her, as she was neither going too fast or too slow. Her pace is good and just right!

It offered useful and practical advice in what I considered an acceptable span of time. I really learned things that I can apply in my writing.

I had never encountered the term 'SEO' before I tried to build my own website. As a graduate of the Copywriting Essentials course, I enrolled in SEO Copywriting to learn about a type of writing completely new to me.

Being entirely unfamiliar with SEO, I was amazed at how much I was able to learn and apply to my website project immediately. And it works! I also learned a great deal from the other writers in my cohort and their assignments.

SEO Copywriting was my third course with Bernadette, and I have learned and grown tremendously as a writer and small business owner in each of her courses. I regularly reference my course materials and audio lessons. Bernadette's feedback is sincere and constructive, and always reflects on skill development in the context of wider business practices. Her courses have been transformational for me.

I loved the audio lessons! They're so good! Repeat! The assignments, feedback, and learning from other students was also fantastic.

SEO Copywriting has given me another set of skills and layer to consider in all of my content writing. It has also been a huge help to my two website projects for my own businesses.

You will never find better value for money, time, and effort than the courses at AWC. The instructors and feedback are superb, and the content is always practical and immediately useful in my projects. So worthwhile!

Thanks so much, Bernadette and AWC!

Michelle was thorough and easy to understand.

I enjoyed the group working through the prepared document for editing. I now have a systemised structure and approach to confidently edit.

A foundational course. Essential if you wish to ensure that your documents, posts etc go out with a professional finish.

As always, Valerie is thorough, visionary and practical. Some of her suggestions were quite unexpected; but she was right.

I now have the confidence to get on with travel writing and, in particular, pitching.

Do yourself a favour. Do it.

I certainly learned things about the fantasy, sci fi and spec fiction etc genre, but the homework exercises and discussions during class also illuminated some fiction writing information that I was not aware of and was very helpful. The homework exercises were exceptionally helpful to support my learning.

Pamela is a lovely person, very generous with her knowledge and she is obviously extremely experienced in fiction writing and publishing. I also found doing it on zoom was VERY convenient.

The course has enhanced my confidence. I seem to be moving along the right path with all this, and elements of the course confirmed that for me. It was very encouraging.

AWC courses are very professional, very challenging (in a good way), very edifying, and the classes are always very friendly and welcoming. I am looking forward to my next AWC course. Thank you.

I intend to get back in to the world as my last child leaves home this year and was a freelance writer previously. I have done previous courses and I enjoy the structure and discipline which makes me shift my own career forward rather than getting caught up in everyone else's needs.

The tutor was great. Love the feedback in its honesty and clarity. I am always hungry for feedback so the recordings of these was a highlight. I like being forced to write as I enjoy it. Also working with such a wide variety of people in an online class.

It has made me think that maybe I can do this. I have been published for many years before but lost a lot of confidence over the years of doing other stuff.

A good way to get going with your writing, whilst being able to fit into your week.

Michelle is a very friendly and engaging person. She explained the content well and encouraged questions and discussion. I appreciate her feedback to my writing example.

It was a good mix of facts, exercises, and feedback. A great resource for writers and editors to learn, grow, and update their skills.

I wanted to expand on the freelance writing skills course and write about my travels.

Valerie is an amazing tutor with a wealth of knowledge, who provides very specific targeted feedback. This is incredibly helpful.

I enjoyed learning how to describe my travels in a commercially viable writing format. I feel equipped to be able to pitch articles to publications with confidence. Now I just have to do it!

Excellent quality of both content and teaching, intensely packed with useful information.

I was extremely nervous before starting this course. I was diagnosed with ADHD about one year ago, and have finally gained a lot of clarity around many of the differences with my brain being neurologically wired differently. For me, sometimes it's hard to retain information or stay still for two hours for a lecture. Being able to watch the recording and pause it is life changing!

What I was first challenged with but then grew to love about Pamela was her honesty. She gives you all the exercises and tools, that if followed really do allow you to grow and develop your skills as a writer. She will push you to be better from all angles, both online and offline! If you don't know who you are as a writer at the start of the course, you can bet your bottom dollar you will have a pretty good understanding of where you will be heading by the end of it. Thank you, Pamela.

A big thank you for all the hard work that I'm sure goes on behind the scenes. You totally make people feel welcomed and supported.

I have an interest in travelling throughout Australia and I wanted to learn a change of writing style to gain flexibility.

Valerie is down-to-earth and honest, but also approachable and encouraging. I learnt a lot about travel that I never knew: Pitch, hook, and angle.

Just do it if that's your passion!

I love to write and read spec fic and wanted to develop my understanding and focus, so this course promised to be a good fit.

Pamela's experience and deep knowledge of the craft of writing was evident, as was her willingness and ability to discuss varied aspects on the fly. She was always thoughtful, respectful of everyone, and able to steer the conversation in appropriate directions with ease. All feedback Pamela provided was, in my opinion, spot on.

I enjoyed interacting with the other writers while Pamela illustrated concrete teaching points using our own writing as a springboard.

I'd say the AWC has a great deal of cred, with tutors who have well and truly been there and done that, so your money won't be wasted.

Pamela was an outstanding tutor. She was highly professional, gave clear and specific feedback and shared a wealth of knowledge and experience. I not only learnt a great deal from her about the craft of writing, but I finished the course feeling highly motivated, with a swag of practical advice that is really helping me to improve and progress my first draft.

I not only enjoyed the content of the modules, but getting to know the work of other participants through workshopping. It was motivating to feel part of a group of workshopping writers.

I have done a number of other writing courses, including some well-known courses in the UK. But this was the first time I felt that I was learning the practical writing skills I needed to improve and progress my writing, and to approach the process of fiction writing with more confidence. It has grounded my creativity in real skills and given me the tools to start developing an effective writing practice to get me to a finished novel manuscript.

I would highly recommend the AWC to friends and colleagues, particularly because of its focus on practical writing skills and process.

The practical tips for writing were really useful and motivating - it gives you something to try, to work with, to practice with, rather than just focusing on theory and concepts.

I found the practical writing tips really useful and I have used them when writing my own dialogue.

I have done a number of the AWC courses and have highly recommended them to friends. I love the way the AWC courses explore important ideas and concepts about writing, but ground that by teaching practical writing skills. Those writing skills, along with tips about how to approach the writing process, have really helped me to get past blocks and get words on paper - they are helping me to get it written!

I've really enjoyed my progression from Creative Writing 1 into Short Story Essentials. I feel my writing has improved exponentially. I invented a character for an exercise in CW1 and at the end of that course wrote a short story about him as a test of the skills I'd gained. I submitted that story to a competition (I'm still yet to hear how it went). But I struggled to find someone who could give me expert feedback before I submitted it. I felt Short Story Essentials would be a great way to get that personalised feedback and hone my writing skills at the same time. Now I feel my second short story with this character is even better than the first one. But even if that first story bombs in the competition, I know I can improve it!

It made me feel good about doing some things right by instinct alone, but it made me aware about how often I was lazy and would tell instead of show.

If you want to write better short stories - do this course.

Though I had edited my own short stories and poems for publication before, I was unsure how to move forward with editing a longer chapter book manuscript, that had grown organically and was in need of a structural edit. Now I have a dot point plan to work through.

Kate is highly engaging and engaged with the world of story. Generous in sharing her experience, content knowledge and craft expertise.

Though I wasn't sure whether the 'online' experience could match the 'in-person', I decided to dive on in because it was a 'live' session format. In hindsight, the small class size was definitely a plus, as were the professional course materials, ready for download.

In addition to excellent structural editing information, interspersed with snippets of 'mentor text'...I found listening to Kate discuss projects with each participant (all being at the stage of a manuscript 'completion') a valuable experience. The small group 'live' format made this enjoyable.

The AWC is a professional, well organised bunch, running engaging creative writing sessions for writers. No matter what stage of the journey, you're bound to find a course to inspire.

I follow the Australian Writers' Centre newsletter. This course seemed perfect for my love of travel and writing. The time difference between Canada and Australia initially seemed like an obstacle but since all of the modules are recorded with printed handouts, that turned out not to be a problem.

The course is well presented and provides great information about the travel writing industry. Valerie is extremely professional and clear in her presentation of the course modules. She has a direct approach to feedback that was helpful.

It has broadened my knowledge about the travel writing industry and the approach to submitting pitches. It is very different from the type of writing I have been doing lately - which is poetry and memoir writing.

The information about the travel writing industry is excellent and will help shape your path as a travel writer.

I like the way the course is laid out . I think the content is very useful in a direct way. The tutor was experienced. It was clear we were in the hands of a professional.

I now feel it is possible to come up with an idea, check out the submissions guide or the list of editors and send a pitch or an article on spec.

I would recommend the course and say it is very user friendly with real life, hands-on tasks. The feedback is very perceptive and worthwhile.