Creative Writing

Institution: 
Charles Sturt University
Code: 
LIT221
Year: 
2009
Levels: 
Undergraduate

This subject aims to develop students' skills in imaginative writing by focussing on specific techniques and genres. It is organised into three modules: short fiction, poetry, script writing. The subject will consist of seminars and workshops on various aspects of writing - conceptual, developmental and practical. Tuition by visiting writers-in-residence will be a feature of this subject.

Texts: 
Poetry Australia Foundation Creating Poetry 1987 Criticism
Grenville, Kate The Writing Book : A Workbook for Fiction Writers 1990 Non-fiction
Non-Austlit Texts: 

Field, Syd. Screenplay: Foundations Of Screenwriting. Delta, 2005

Organisational Body: 
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Degrees: 
Bachelor of Arts
Additional Information
Supplementary Texts: 

Singleton, John; Luckhurst, Mary; Singleton M. (eds). The Creative Writing Handbook. Palgrave Macmillan, 1999.

Brophy, Kevin. Explorations in Creative Writing. Melbourne University Press, 2003.

Casterton, Julia. Creative Writing: A Practical Guide. Palgrave USA, 2005.

Smith, Hazel. The Writing Experiment: Strategies for Innovative Creative Writing. Allen & Unwin, 2005.

Categories:
Unit Contexts: Creative Writing