| Unit name | Tools for Creative Writing short course |
|---|---|
| Unit code | HUMS10007 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | C/4 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
| Unit director | Professor. Tom Sperlinger |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | School of Humanities |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
What makes for good writing? How is the process of reading related to the craft of writing? This course will offer beginners in writing a chance to explore creative writing exercises and to read a range of poetry and prose.
Students will have had an opportunity to learn about different forms of writing through formative and class assignments and to attain some degree of specialization in their own work, including through submission of one piece of work for summative assessment. The writing, reflective and practical skills gained should be relevant for students wishing to pursue further study.
The unit is normally taught in 10 weekly seminars of 2 hours; occasionally other formats may be used with an equivalent number of contact hours, sometimes combining seminar work with one-to-one supervision from a tutor. Each seminar will use a range of teaching methods including informal lectures, directed seminar discussion and creative writing exercises. Where appropriate, a tutor may introduce examples from literary texts, or from their own writing, for analysis.
Formative assessment is normally undertaken in the form of ongoing assessment of creative writing exercises undertaken in class and/or in private study exercises. In addition, students will expected to submit one piece of work of up to 2,500 words for summative assessment.
Dorothea Brande, Becoming a Writer; Bernard Malamud, Talking Horse; Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman, How Not to Write a Novel; David Morley, The Cambridge Introduction to Creative Writing.
