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Writing 1: Writing Skills*
- Level:
- 1 (HE4)
- Credits:
- 40
- Length:
- 12 months approx.
8hrs per week - Cost:
- £625
payment options
Course Overview
Course Sample(Adobe PDF Format)
Core Requirement for BA Hons Creative Writing
Elective Option for BA Hons Creative Arts
A fundamental look at how imaginative writing can express personal experience. This level 1 creative writing course is rich in ideas, examples, helpful exercises and theoretical and historical information. It will help you to practise creative writing in various genres, to develop critical models, to acquire primary skills in drafting, editing and presenting creative work, and to respond to constructive suggestions and criticism.
- Making notes
- turning notes into poems and short stories
- using all your senses to describe
- creating character and making people speak
- voice, language, imagery and structure
- plotting your work
- redrafting and editing
- going further
The course aims to give students practice in writing creatively from direct sensory experience and detailed observation; explore language and style in different literary forms; develop discrimination and choice in drafting, evaluating and editing texts.
32 projects and five assignments. Students also maintain a learning log.
Related information
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