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Creative Writing, Forms and Structures

Undergraduate | GRF-CWR110 | 2023

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Break down the fundamental elements that go into specific creative writing forms. Focus in on how poems are structured. Compare the way that scripts are written for the screen versus the stage. Write pieces of your own that demonstrate your knowledge.

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
No ATAR needed,
No prior study
Duration
13 weeks

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Creative Writing, Forms and Structures

About this subject

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

    1. recognise fundamental issues in creative writing - its practices, forms and industries
    2. discuss ideas relevant to creative writing craft and professional skills with reference to form and structure in a range of genres
    3. engage with the content of the subject through written skills, eg. in the production of an original creative folio (accompanied by exegetical writing) developed during the Study Period
    4. understand basic requirements for progress in a university creative writing major including, eg. writing creative products, essays, exegeses, referencing, bibliographies, etc.

Entry requirements

No entry requirements

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
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