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Undergraduate | CUR-CWG240 | 2024

Writing Genre Fiction

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Get to know the conventions that define different fiction genres. Then conceive, write and edit a short story in your chosen style. Learn how to give and receive constructive feedback during writing workshops, where you’ll connect with other creatives.

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Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Start dates
27 May 2024,
25 Nov 2024,
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Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
13 weeks

Price from

$2,040

Upfront cost

$0

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Writing Genre Fiction

About this subject

  • At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

    1. identify and critically discuss the role of genre in a range of contemporary short fiction
    2. experiment with the parameters and possibilities of genre, as exercised in the short fiction form
    3. conceive, draft, refine and complete a piece of short fiction that demonstrates the traditions, parameters and possibilities of the student’s chosen genre
    4. constructively critique work-in-progress by other writers and contribute meaningfully to the discussion and analysis of short genre fiction.

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

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Student feedback

12 student respondents between 20 Feb - 17 Sept 2023.

100%of students felt the study load was manageable

91%of students felt this subject helped them gain relevant skills

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