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Develop your creative writing in a supportive online short course focused on craft, feedback and revision. Build a portfolio of original work while exploring voice, structure and style.

This course is suited to:

This online short course is ideal for aspiring and experienced writers who want to develop their creative practice in a supportive workshop environment. It is also suited to professionals looking to strengthen skills in communication, editing, critical thinking and collaboration.

What will I learn?

This online short course gives you the opportunity to develop your creative writing in a supportive and structured workshop environment.

You’ll generate new work, share works-in-progress and refine your writing through personalised feedback from expert tutors and peers. Through weekly readings, discussions and writing prompts, you’ll explore key elements of craft such as voice, structure, style and storytelling across fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. You’ll also build valuable editorial skills by learning how to give constructive feedback and respond thoughtfully to critique.

By the end of the course, you’ll have a developing portfolio of original writing and practical techniques to sustain your creative practice independently.

Learning outcomes

• Give constructive, targeted feedback on peers’ creative writing, meeting the standards expected in a professional workshop or editorial environment
• Respond perceptively and productively to feedback on your own writing, producing successive drafts that show clear development and thoughtful engagement with reader perspectives
• Produce an extended, coherent body of creative writing in your chosen form, demonstrating craft skills at an advanced postgraduate level
• Reflect critically on your creative process, including editorial decisions, influences, and development
• Produce original creative work to a professional or near-professional standard, informed by in-depth knowledge of literary techniques and genre conventions
• Demonstrate advanced co-production skills via editing, workshopping, and collaborative engagement with communities of practice in or beyond the classroom
• Produce a portfolio of writing work suitable for diverse career pathways across industries
• Communicate your own ideas and the ideas of others concisely, accurately and persuasively to influence opinion, developing, constructing and presenting arguments in appropriate way

How is the module assessed?

For this course, you should expect to engage in structured learning activities for 10-15 hours per week on average, plus additional time spent on self-directed learning (such as further reading or preparing for assessments).

The taught course can be completed in 12 weeks, with the final submission in week 11. Marking and feedback are provided after this, in line with University policy.

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Entry Requirements

We will consider applicants with a 2:2 Honours degree with 53% or above, or who are coming from a different academic background (that is equivalent to degree level) but who also have relevant work experience.

English language requirements

International students need to show they have the required level of English language to study this course.

The required test scores for this course fall under Profile B2.