Creative Writing 1: An Introduction

• • Introduction
  • Prompt to Draft - process and reflection
  • Approaches to writing 1
  • Approaches to Writing 2
  • Story in Narrative
  • Time in Narrative
  • Focalization and point of view
  • Language - dialogue and register
  • Writing only week
  • Writing place, writing culture
  • Memory
  • Creativity and writing
  • Reflect and look back

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-ENGX201
• MAQ-ENG210
• MAQ-ENGX121-Creative Writing 1: An Introduction

Special requirements

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  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

This is a practical subject that introduces students to various approaches and ways of thinking about creative writing. The subject consists of a series of workshops and lectures covering a range of creative writing skills and topics. Students are encouraged to be experimental and adventurous in their writing. Each seminar addresses a different creative writing topic so that students can engage with different genres, methods and approaches. The workshops are interactive; they aim to increase understanding of the process of creative writing. Assessment of each student's creative work is based on development and realisation of a topic, language use and the writing skills, structure and overall presentation as well as demonstrated engagement with subject topics in all set assignments and on-course writing exercises.

• Practice-based tasks (20%)
• Quizzes (15%)
• Creative work (25%)
• Creative work and reflective essay (40%)