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Study Details: 1 year full-time
2 years part-time
Where better to take your writing to the next level than the home city of literary greats like Charles Dickens and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
On this MA Creative Writing degree course, you'll study the genres that inspire you the most – from poetry and historical fiction, to screenwriting and crime – as well as genres you may not have explored, taking your writing in new directions.
You'll spend plenty of time writing and reviewing work and benefit from the help and experience of our expert lecturers. You'll develop the confidence to become a better writer by learning to critique your own work, and that of your peers. There's even the chance to take up a placement at a famous literary magazine.
A second-class honours degree in a related subject. Equivalent qualifications and/or notable experience as a creative writer will also be considered.
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As a successful graduate of this course, you'll have experienced an exciting immersion into writing, with the freedom and discipline of writing across multiple forms to express your unique narrative voice.
Through workshops, independent writing and critical analysis, this creative writing Master's course will help you to develop your own skills and constructively contribute to the work of other writers.
When you graduate, you'll have completed a major project in the form of your own novel, screenplay or poem, and have developed the necessary confidence and critical skills to continue a career in writing, or in fields such as publishing, media, and education
Critical Reading for Creative Writers - 30 credits
Writer's Workshop: Exploration - 30 credits
Critical Thinking for Creative Writers - 30 credits
Final Project: the Creative Practice Dissertation - 60 credits
Writer's Workshop: Resolution - 30 credits
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