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 106-026 Writing Fiction

Note

Formerly available as 106-226/326. Students who have completed 106-226/326 are not eligible to enrol in this subject. Special entry conditions apply. Students should consult the Department of English.

Availability

2nd and 3rd year

Credit Points

12.5

Coordinator

To be advised

Prerequisites

Usually 25 points of first year English, see Prerequisites

Semester

2 (view timetable)

Contact

2.5-hours of seminars per week

Subject Description

Students will develop their own fiction writing, short or longer, through the study of course materials, through class discussions, workshop sessions and submission of draft material. They will develop and draft a number of related or unrelated fictions, they will develop an understanding of the writing workshop process and as well an understanding of the processes and choices involved in their own creative writing.

Assessment

A folio totalling 4000 words, comprising of a selection of the student's own writing.

Prescribed Texts

  • G Papaellinas (ed), More Beautiful Lies. Random House Vintage.


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