Writing school training courses in Bellevue, NE (public, in-house or online)

Identify and practice critical thinking strategies. Students research, analyze, and debate current social issues using argumentative and persuasive formats. Structured to accommodate special needs learners.

Incorporates organization, development and expression of ideas with practical problems in writing. Technical periodicals and reference work with proper bibliographical usage are emphasized. Computer use is required. Fulfills a written communication course requirement at BCC.

Intended for intermediate writers to focus on non-fiction writing for magazine, newspaper investigative features, and online publication. Covers research and interview techniques, editing and revision, and strategies for "pitching" and perfecting articles for publication.

Emphasizes observation skills and choice of language, structure, and source material to communicate events and ideas to selected audiences. Students learn interviewing, basic research, effective expression, and editing through note taking, interviewing, drafting, and revision. Students write regularly for the BCC student newspaper, The Jibsheet.

Introduces the cognitive and creative tools needed to create text for the World Wide Web. Students practice new styles of writing for nonlinear media.