Who would not wish to be a published author? This course provides an introduction to creative writing of various kinds, chiefly short fiction and poetry, in a workshop situation in which recent and, in particular, contemporary writing, made available in a reading brick, will be critically analysed and, where appropriate, used as a model. Stylistic diversity will be encouraged and the workshop will ensure close discussion of, and feedback on, student work. The course will include some consideration of the practical process of publishing.

By the end of this course, students should be able to:

1. Create poems and prose pieces in different forms and styles
2. Experiment with and revise creative work, integrating suggestions from writing workshops and/or utilising analysis of published or other students’ creative work to modify your own.
3. Perform a detailed formal analysis of a published work, making a coherent argument about the relationship between form and content in that work.
4. Describe, analyse and make editorial suggestions for peers’ poetry and prose
5. Reflect on your own creative work in relation to its formal qualities, your writing process and published work in a similar style or genre

Item                                                                            Weighting                   Assesses Outcomes

Portfolio of Creative Work                                        60%                             1,2 & 5

Comprising drafts and rewrites of 3 poems and

1 story.

Written and oral comments on peers’                          15%                             4

work

1,000 – 1,500  word essay                                        25%                             3 & 5

7-8 hours per week on average including 3 contact hours.

2nd or 3rd year undergraduate students.