Aims

To continue to develop the student’s imaginative capacity, confidence and technical skills in writing poetry, script
and creative prose.
To continue to introduce them to the teaching methods of Creative Writing.
To continue to encourage them to read as writers, and to discuss critically their own creative writing and that of
others.

Outline Of Syllabus

There are a series of lectures which introduce students to the principles, methods and techniques of
Creative Writing. These are accompanied by seminar teaching, where students may be given
exercises to help them write creative texts; engage in close reading of exemplar texts; or bring in
creative work which will then be discussed by the workshop members. There is also an individual
tutorial to discuss submission. Responding to project work set in lectures and exercises given in
seminars, students build up a portfolio of work independently and maintain a creative journal.

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

The lectures give an overview of the course's aims and introduce the students to the principle methods of learning
creative writing: the writing exercise, close reading of exemplar texts, and the group discussion of creative texts, as
well as formal issues about the composition of poetry, creative prose, and script. The seminars encourage students
to create and discuss texts. Students build up a portfolio of work independently: this is then discussed before
submission in one-to-one tutorial.

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

Submitted portfolio of creative texts, which may consist of either 10-12 poems, 2000 words theatre script, 2500 words screenwriting, 3000 words of creative prose, or (if discussed and agreed with the tutor) a combination of these elements, or an equivalent amount of work completed as assignments.