MA Creative Writing

Course Overview Throughout the course, you create new work and discuss it in a supportive group of peers alongside your tutor as you redraft and refine. The structure of the programme enables you to experiment from week to week, hone your craft and develop complete short stories as well as engage with the demands of longer-form prose.In the first semester you will take modules in contemporary fiction and literary non-fiction, and also develop a project that addresses ways in which writers engage with community audiences. Key Program Highlights The second semester focuses on genre fiction. Preparation for your Independent Study project. Which is a substantial creative submission of 20-25. 000 words written over the summer months. This could be the first part of a novel. A collection of short fiction.