Writing 3: Your Own Portfolio

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Level:
3
Credits:
60
Length:
15 months approx.
8hrs per week
Cost:
£580
payment options

Course Overview

By the end of this course you will have developed and extended your creative strategies. Through looking critically at your work and at your own creative processes, you will become more aware of these processes and more disciplined. You will also be building pieces of writing from observational notes, writing on a range of subjects and in a range of styles, exploring some powerful themes and experimenting with different forms. You will hone your editing and redrafting skills, develop your understanding of style and vocabulary and extend your knowledge and appreciation of other writers. By the end of the course you will have developed a solid foundation for your future writing and a clear idea of your own creative voice and direction.

  • Entering the imagination
  • Getting inside the subject
  • Finding the patterns
  • Rewriting and editing
  • Building the collection.


The course aims to help you write better poems and stories; look critically at your work and the processes involved in creating it; and gain an insight into the creative processes of other writers.

Postal tuition

You are allocated a tutor and receive their details in your course pack. You work from the course materials and send regular assignments to your tutor. These are returned to you with comment and advice. The course fee includes tutor feedback on your set assignments, but you can purchase feedback and comment on additional pieces of work if you wish.

Five assignments. Students also maintain a learning log.

For more information on assessment, click here - Assessment booklet - to download the Assessment booklet PDF.

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