Teaching Responsibility

LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:

Liverpool Screen School

Learning Methods

Lecture

Seminar

Module Offerings

5048CW-JAN-MTP

Aims

1. To develop a method of persuasively proposing a novel;
2. To develop the ability to understand the market for novels relevant to the one proposed;
3. To develop an understanding of the demands of the opening chapter of a novel; 
4. To develop an understanding of generic forms of the novel;
5. To foster, with peer workshop support, the acquisition of narrative craft;
6. To provide practice in the production of work in a form acceptable to the publishing world.

Learning Outcomes

1.
Produce a novel proposal designed to persuade an agent or editor of the work's commercial viability.
2.
Analyse opening chapters from a writer's perspective.
3.
Produce the opening chapter of a novel that demonstrates the understanding of craft they have reached through engaging with the module materials – that is, the theory and examples of good practice that they have studied.
4.
Place a novel in terms of genre and market.
5.
Through editing and drafting, develop an initial idea into a polished form.

Module Content

Outline Syllabus:
During the module students will study:
• genre and market relevant to the novel they plan to write
• aspects of the publishing industry
• the shaping a novel for a particular market
• techniques of writing to persuade
• aspects of, and the narrative craft in, a set novel
• the opening chapters of several novels
• further develop the ability to read fiction from the perspective of a writer
Additional Information:
This module's assessments encourage students to plan, organize and structure a long-form piece of writing. In planning a novel, the student will have to problem solve and make decisions about character and plot.

Assessments

Essay

Portfolio

Artefacts