Short Form Writing - Short Story, Novella, Poetry Cycle

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Admission to Master of Creative Writing

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This unit focuses on the short-form creative writing in its evolving forms, including micro narratives and the short story , poetry cycles, the short story sequence and novella. In addition to the weekly writing workshops, students read Australian and international short-form writing, and narrative studies texts that investigate questions of form  and the relationship of the reader to the text. Students develop a critical awareness of the broader national and international contexts in which short-form writing is to published. At the conclusion of the unit, students will have produced a range of short-form creative works and a book plan. 

• Online quizzes (10%%)
• Analysis reprt or book proposal (30%%)
• Creative work (40%%)
• Practice-based task (20%%)