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Immerse yourself in deeper study of writing genres. Survey writing trends, media and new practices. Graduates with advanced traditional and electronic writing skills are in demand across many different industries.

Master of Writing

There is a growing need for graduates with traditional and electronic writing skills. Improve your ability to write for a range of genres, connect writing theory with practice plus absorb knowledge of trends in writing, media and new practices.

Graduate Certificate of Writing

Gain a deep understanding of research, writing for electronic media, journalism, history writing and script adaptation for stage screen and multimedia. There is always a steady demand for graduates with traditional and electronic writing skills

Graduate Diploma of Writing

Research for Writers

Reading and Writing

Critical Friends: The Real and Virtual Support of Writers

Real Life Writing

Writing for Digital Media

Reflect on the concept of the writer's identity while assessing your own relationship with the written word.Explore issues of subjectivity. Reflect on your practice through a critical journal. Thumb through case studies from the writing industry.

Creativity for Practice

Connect the dots between literary theories and the actual practice of writing.Recognise how journaling can enrich the process of reading and writing. Write a new piece while drawing on your knowledge of the literary theory of your choice.

Hone your ability to write and research materials across a variety of writing styles.Evaluate reviews, advertisements, reports, histories and scholarly discourse. Think about target audiences. Listen to lectures from working professionals.

Get to know the components writers rely on when undertaking practice-led research. Unpack scholarly methodologies. Draw on these tools to enhance your creative practice.Begin to develop an artefact and exegesis to make up part of a folio of work.

Writing and Praxis: Publication Folio A

Explore the role of a support network in a writer's creative development.Wrestle with the conventions of plot, theme and character. Expose yourself for peer review. Develop feedback for others. Push your work closer to being publication-ready.

Understand how creative writers go about researching their work. Examine the importance of formulating research questions. Take in a case study. Outline the writer's publishing process, from drafting to pitching. Investigate publishing opportunities.

Enter the digital realm and face the issues, genres and audiences the online writer must consider.Look at how writing practices differ in the online space. Note principles that underpin digital literacy. Implement your own online writing project.

Learn the skills behind the scripts of your favourite films and productions, including structure, character, dialogue and more. Learn to critique genres and theoretical approaches – before lifting your pen and unleashing your inner scriptwriter.

Scriptwriting

Continue the development of your writing folio. Complete the artefact and exegesis that you began in Writing and Praxis: Publication Folio A (PWR80005).Research a wide range of writing genres including crime, business and short story writing.

The Creative Artefact: Publication Folio B

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