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2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

LLLC1040 Creative Writing Workshop

20 creditsClass Size: 25

Module manager: Becky Cherriman
Email: cw@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2020/21

Pre-requisite qualifications

Students will have an interest in developing a variety of creative writing skills and techniques in the context of developing their own work.

This module is approved as a discovery module

Module summary

If you want to make more space in your life for imagination and creativity then Creative Writing Workshop sounds like the place for you.The workshop brings writers together to encourage, challenge and develop their writing with the support and guidance of an experienced writer. The tutor will set writing exercises, lead workshop discussions of work-in-progress, and develop your capacity to give, receive and act upon constructive feedback. Writers working in all or any form of creative writing are welcome and you will be encouraged to identify and work with the themes and forms that interest you. The module is assessed wholly by coursework and requires your active and regular participation in writing exercises and workshop discussions of your own and your fellow students' work-in-progress.For further information contact Becky Cherriman: b.a.cherriman@leeds.ac.uk

Objectives

On completion of the module, students will be able to:

1. originate, extend and complete ideas for free-standing pieces of creative writing;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and make an informed choice from the range of options available to writers when constructing creative work;
3. demonstrate an understanding of and apply the workshop method of developing work-in-progress to their own and group members' writing.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Identify and write within the parameters of a given form/style
2. Creatively explore and apply the parameters of this form to achieve specific creative goals
3. Identify their own emerging style and preferences in writing
4.Critically engage with the historical development and current practice within a variety of writing styles and forms

Skills outcomes
The ability to think and write critically and creatively. A willingness to engage with the creative work of both published writers and your peers. An interest and engagement with creating and developing your own original work.


Syllabus

Student-produced writing is at the core of this module. The tutor will introduce activities designed to catalyse students as creative writers. Students will have the opportunity to explore their motives for writing and to experiment with a range of styles, forms and approaches. The course also requires students to take responsibility for their learning by engaging in flipped classroom activities each week. This will enable students to generate a wide range of original writing, leading them to develop their voice as writers. The course will explore aspects of structure, form and aesthetic effect. Students will be introduced to and supported in workshop methods, whereby individual work is circulated for group comment and criticism.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Workshop112.0022.00
Independent online learning hours11.00
Private study hours167.00
Total Contact hours22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

Independent online learning
A minimum of one-hour engaged online learning activity each week (11-hours)
Private Study Hours
Reading: 57
Writing: 70 hours
Research: 40

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Regular opportunities for peer feedback will be given throughout the course. You can email a draft of one essay and one piece of creative work for written feedback from your tutor. Written feedback on the essay will assist you when writing your contextual commentary. Verbal feedback will be provided within sessions.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Written Work1,000 word essay30.00
Written WorkCreative work70.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Example of creative work developed from coursework, e.g. either: prose: 2250 words; or poetry: 50 lines; or script: 15-minutes; or other to be negotiated with the tutor; or an appropriate combination of two or more of these, plus 750- word contextual commentary

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/06/2020 18:16:17

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