CRWR1100 Workshop: Reading and Writing

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Overview

"If you want to be a writer you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." - Stephen King.Hit the ground running and get writing in this first-year creative writing workshop. This topic offers first-year BCA (Creative Writing) students an introduction to critically analysing … For more content click the Read More button below.

"If you want to be a writer you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot." - Stephen King.

Hit the ground running and get writing in this first-year creative writing workshop. This topic offers first-year BCA (Creative Writing) students an introduction to critically analysing and workshopping creative writing at a university level. The emphasis in this series of two-hour workshops is on reading and responding to published creative writing, for thinking about critical concepts related to creative writing theory, and to the discipline of creative writing. Bearing this in mind, students will devote much of this semester to engaging with articles and professional book reviews, reading and writing like literary critics, and writing critical responses to short works of fiction. There will also be opportunities for students to develop their editing skills, to produce their own creative pieces, to discuss the craft of writing and related matters to do with the publishing industry.

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Aims

This topic aims to:

Introduce creative writing students to workshop processes
Provide students with opportunities to develop skills in critiquing their own, and others' writing
Encourage students to read and respond to published creative writing from local and international authors from a range of literary styles and contexts
Explore and contextualise issues relevant to creative writing as a discipline

Learning outcomes

On completion of this topic you will be expected to be able to:

Discuss your textual analysis skills when reading and responding to your peers' creative writing, both orally and in writing

Respond critically to published creative writing and appraise techniques of the craft through clear and effective written communication

Develop a short creative piece of your own following appropriate form, genre, market and style

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Workshop: Reading and Writing

CRWR1100