1. REFLECT CRITICALLY ON THEIR CREATIVE WRITING AND ON THE WORK OF OTHERS BOTH IN WRITING AND IN A WRITERS’ WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENT AND SITUATE THE CRITICAL CONTEXT OF THEIR PRACTICE Reflection

2. INTERPRET AND DISTINGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT LEVELS OF WRITING FROM EARLY DRAFTS TO PROFESSIONAL PRINT-READY COPY
Analysis

3. UNDERTAKE NEW TASKS AND DEVELOP NEW SKILLS (INCLUDING ORAL AND PRESENTATIONAL) WHILE WORKING ON THEIR OWN PIECES OF WRITING AND DISCUSSING AND EVALUATING THESE WITH OTHER STUDENTS
Communication

4. TRANSFER INSIGHTS AND IDEAS FROM TEXTS STUDIED TO PIECES OF WRITING OF THEIR OWN IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FORMS: POETRY, PROSE AND DRAMATIC DIALOGUE
Practical Creativity

5. SYNTHESISE CRITICAL, COMPOSITIONAL, DRAFTING AND EDITING SKILLS IN THE PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION OF CREATIVE WORK
Enquiry

Reflective Commentary 20% 1,000 words. [LO: 1, 3]
Creative Writing Coursework 80% 3,000 words [LO 2,3,4]

Key Information Set Data
100% Coursework

This module develops editorial skills and practice introduced in Writing for Publication Part 1 to include advanced techniques and long-forms of editing, such as structural organisation and consistency of narration, tone and texture in a sustained piece of writing. Knowledge and understanding of the publishing industry and how it is developing in the digital age will form a focus for discussion and students will learn pathways to publication, approaching literary agents, writing cover letters and synopses. Across the module, students will be encourage to reflect on the creative and editorial practice.

There will be a programme of twelve three-hour editorial workshops and tutorials related editing practice. Students will be expected to prepare for classes by reading of both the primary and set secondary reading.

Browne, Renni and King, David: Self-Editing for Fiction Writers (Harper Collins, 2006)
Marek, Richard and Gunther, Irene. Editing Fact and Fiction: A Concise Guide to Book Editing (Cambridge University Press, 1994)
Seidman, Michael: The Complete Guide to Editing Your Fiction (Writers Digest Books, 2002)
Truss, Lynne: 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves' (Harper Collins, 2009)
Wood, James. How Fiction Works (Vintage, 2009)

VLE, Library.