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Creative and Professional Writing

Undergraduate | GRF-COM14 | 2021

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Think about how your creative voice can fit across a variety of writing genres. Dissect plot, character and narrative structure. Learn to self-edit and incorporate feedback. Script dialogue, produce promotional writing and draft short fiction pieces.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Prior study needed
Duration
13 weeks

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Creative and Professional Writing

About this subject

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

    1. recognise different types of creative and professional writing
    2. understand how these different types of writing are produced
    3. be able to develop and use a set of writing tools that can be applied to writing in any situation
    4. appreciate the complexities of writing creatively and professionally
    5. see an improvement in your generic writing skills and have developed an understanding of how to apply ideas in a creative and professional context
    6. see an improvement in your written communication skills, have a greater informed independence of thought and have developed your ability to conduct research.

Entry requirements

Others

Proficiency with reading and writing English.

Additional requirements

No additional requirements

Study load

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

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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