If not, does anyone in North Carolina know of a 2 year college that offers specifically what I'm looking for?
I haven't checked out the various books on this subject and am willing to do totally independent studying on my own.

Nope.

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I would like to write a book an would like to start a course on creative writing to help me write a book. However I would like to have an online course, for free. If anyone know any website please let me know.

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I'm going to agree with the first response: read writing books.
The problem becomes, which ones are worth it? There are many 'How to' books out there, and many of them are just terrible, and the author tries to get you to write in their style. With a decent book, though, you pay a small amount ($20 at most) and get something you can return to time and again. Even if you buy five books on method and only find one good one, it's worth the payoff. Those other four probably have one or two decent suggestions, but here's a list to good ones to get you started, regardless of which genre you are writing in:
'The Portable MFA in Creative Writing' edited by The New York Writers Workshop (when I say buying 5 books and getting 1 good one is worth it…I mean it…this book is worth 5 times what I paid for it at the store, especially for those of us with little writing background)

'Writing Life Stories' by Bill Roorbach

'On Writing' by Stephen King (Honestly, the first part might not be all that relevant to writing…it's been awhile since I read it…but when he gets into discussion on it, this is well worth the time and money)

'How to Write Killer Fiction' by Carolyn Wheat

Again, regardless of which genre you want, visit www.horror.org/writetips.htm and view their articles. Some, notable by the titles, pertain strictly to horror, but many are very useful even if you're writing a western romance or a children's book about a happy puppy.

Also realize you will need to do research to understand how the publishing world works. www.pw.org has useful advice, as does www.ehow.com (avoid self-publishing).
As far as online courses go, I don't know of any free ones. I did get a degree in creative writing though, and while I loved the school and professors, a lot of what I learned was in the books listed above (most of which were assigned reading). The biggest benefit to a course is you get workshops to see where your story is and how it can be improved. www.ourstories.us is a great–and free–alternative to this. Once you have a decent draft, send pieces/chapters to them and you will get a critique (or, if your work is good enough as is, you'll get your chapter published…which helps your credibility when you send your work to agents and editors). The only setback is that you can only submit once every quarter. Their advice, however, will help immensely.

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I'd like to find some online courses in maybe writing/poetry, and maybe some craft type stuff too.

Check out http://free-ed.net There are several courses there, and they are all free.

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I am a promotion manager and my work involves a lot of writing. I am a keen reader but I find my writing skills a bit patchy and lack the hook. I looked at copywriters' guidelines but they didn't help much.

i did taek one once – but it did not helpe much. id just gogle it dood

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I like MIT's open source courseware. Their courses of Tech Communicatons or their Advanced Workshop in Writing for Science and Engineering are worth a look.

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I am thinking of applying to do an online creative writing course. I am considering applying to Manchester Metropolitian University in the UK. Does anyone know about this course? Is it any good? Any graduates who have published their books?

I'll never understand what is the point of such a course. If one is not creative, one shouldn't be wasting time with writing, if one is creative, then all you need is will and discipline to write. And it's not likely that they pretend to instill those in you through that course, so – what's the point?

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Depends on what sort of writing you want to do, but you'll be hard-pressed to find a free course. (Thinks: maybe I should start one.)

From the excellent construction and correct spelling of your question (and ignoring the typo 'H', it happens) I assume you're reasonably competent at constructing sentences.

In that case what you have to do is write. That might seem unhelpful, but it isn't.

You don't say what sort of writing you want to do (journalistic, fiction [long/short], reports etc) but the best way to do any of it is … to just do it.

There are lots of books on writing for all types, I'm not going to recommend any of them because they all have good points and bad points. Also some things work for some people and not others.

Still not helping? Let's try some more:

Let's say you want to write short stories. You go and find an online 'critiquing' group, you read other people's work and critique it, you write some stuff and have yours critiqued.

Writing is one skill where you have to do, and you have to "do" in vast quantities. You get to the point where writing 100,000 words is not scary because you've already written a million.

You can contact me if you want to ask anything else.

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If you like writing, go to fictionpress.com. You can write and get feedback from other writers.

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Im looking to learn how to write childrens books and I cannot afford any tuitions or fees.

Check out the tutorials on http://www.storyentertainment.com and visit other sites such as http://www.holyisle.com among others.

Also, ask questions here about how to write a story.

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