Portfolio and critical commentary. Total 15,000 words

Portfolio

1. The portfolio will consist of a substantial piece of creative work, to be negotiated with the supervising tutor (e.g. about 15,000 words of prose, or approximately 700- 800 lines of poetry, or a two-hour stage/radio play(s) or a 90-120 minute screenplay). It will be written over the summer and submitted at the end of August. With special concessions, word/line/time limits may be altered with the tutor’s permission, but there must be a full understanding that any alteration must be considered by the tutor to be equivalent to the effort and impact of portfolios by the student’s peers.
2. The Portfolio will consist of either a single piece or a collection of pieces of original writing. The writing must make up a coherent whole, or constitute an integrated collection of parts to the satisfaction of the examiners. Writing submitted as course work during the first four semesters may not count towards the portfolio. However, if a course member has written the introductory part of a longer piece (e.g. the first two chapters of a novella) as coursework submissions, these may be included to contextualise the portfolio, but will not count towards its total length. 
4. The portfolio will be accompanied by a 3,000 word Critical Commentary, in which the student is invited to contextualise his/her creative work, reflect on his or her creative processes, cite important influences, describe challenges and problem solving, and reflect on the success or otherwise of his/her creative strategies. 

Aims and outcomes are realised mainly through tutorials, wider reading and the habit

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Portfolio and Critical Commentary

Evaluate creatively the extent to which their work has fulfilled its aims, and research has enabled and informed its production.

Organise their time and work independently toward the completion of a substantial project, and so demonstrating initiative and personal responsibility.

Express further a comprehensive understanding of techniques applicable to research that enriches and advances their creative work.

Present their work to a professional standard.

Fully demonstrate self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems, and act autonomously in planning and implementing tasks at a professional or equivalent level

Place their work in the context of their research and other relevant writings.