Original Writing - Prose, Poetry or Script

Portfolio

Reflective Commentary (to accompany and self-assess submitted original writing). 1000 words

Essay 2 - 1000 words

Essay 1 - 2500 Words

During the module students will: 
• research published/performed work in a range of forms (poetry, prose fiction and script)
• analyse aspects of technique such as narrative, characterisation, structure, genre, style and point of view
• research key aspects of the writing process such as keeping a writer&#39;s journal, generating new material and drafting with particular reference to ideas generated by tutors and guest lecturers
• discuss the work of those practitioners who have meditated on the practice of writing
• be introduced to the experience of a post-graduate writers&#39; workshop. 
• continue writing. 
• start to contextualise their own writing in relation to their own reading to establish a writerly identity.

Foundation: Reading as a Writer - 7020WRIT

Foundation: Reading as a Writer

Illustrate in their commentary an enhanced understanding of the writing process and their own writerly identity

Articulate and discuss original creative writing in relation to contemporary published texts and their main traditions

Produce original creative writing that shows an awareness of writerly techniques in one genre

Present, organise, document and evaluate their research in essay form