Stott, R and Avery, S. Writing with Style (Speak-Write Series), Longman, 2000
Hughes, Ted: Poetry in the Making, Faber and Faber, 2008
Ramet, Adele: Creative Writing, How To Books 2006
Brande, Dorothea: Becoming a Writer, Pan Books 1996
A Capote Reader, Penguin Classics, 2002

Portfolio of writing: This will include two pieces of original creative writing (overall word length of 2,500 words) in each of the forms studied in the module, and will be assessed [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4]

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Internet
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

This module consists of two hour weekly workshops. One of the principles underlying this module is the belief that the practice of writing can be assisted by knowledge and understanding of literature, so, the process of critical analysis in other lecture and seminar programmes will compliment your writing, reading and evaluating of student work in the workshop sessions. Essential to the text-based workshops classes, for example, will be some consideration of literary form and style, the study of some cutting edge contemporary writers such as Mary Gaitskill and Michel Faber.

This module will introduce you to essential elements of form and style, in prose, poetry and drama, through a programme which will include examples of journalism, poetry, short stories and plays. You will be given the opportunity both to study examples of different kinds of writing and to try them out yourselves. There will be a programme of practice-led workshops with writing exercises, readings and feedback from the group and tutor. Through these workshop tasks, you will learn a number of writing techniques and be encouraged to use them in writing imaginatively. You will be given opportunities to practise traditional as well as more experimental forms of prose and poetry.