Units
Creative Writing Advanced Practice 1
Unit code: KWB232
Credit points: 12
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This unit is the first in a series of three advanced practice units in creative writing. These units allow students to significantly advance their writing practice and associated critical and editorial skills. In creative writing advanced practice 1 students will work on a sustained work of fiction in the genre/s of their choice including poetry, short fiction, long-form fiction (e.g.: elements of a novel length work) and non-fiction with a specific emphasis on conceptualising, planning and beginning sustained pieces. With the ability to articulate into the other advanced practice units, this unit gives students a unique opportunity to work on a sustained piece of fiction for up to a year and a half. Intensive studio-based work, professionally-conducted mentorship opportunities, self-directed creative practice and critical peer evaluation characterise the teaching and learning in this unit.
Availability
| Semester | Available |
|---|---|
| 2013 Semester 2 | Yes |
Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013
Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.
Rationale
The market for becoming a published writer is very competitive and this unit provides a unique learning opportunity to develop the ability to write a sustained body of work. The first in a series of three units, it provides a platform for students to develop understanding and practice of the necessary planning stages of a project and identification of their individual style. The unit is placed half way through the BFA, preparing students for third year project work.
Aims
The aim of the unit is to provide you with an opportunity to do extended project work in your preferred and strongest genre and form. As the first in series of three units it will assist you to develop a pathway to compile a substantial portfolio; thereby increasing your chances of becoming a published writer in a very competitive market.
Objectives
1. Demonstrate the capacity to plan across a sustained piece of creative writing
2. Formulate an individual authorial style and voice.
3. Develop an understanding of your chosen genre and form, assisted by reporting on presentations by guest writers.
4. Create a sustained piece of creative writing, with appropriate coherence and structure.
Content
Content includes: how to plan a sustained piece of work; how to identify your own strengths in style and genre; and how to write for a real world publishing market.
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
- intensive workshops, in small groups, and guided by experienced staff, providing high quality individual scaffolding
- studio work in computer labs, allowing for work in progress to be supervised and edited by the tutor
- wide choice of genres and forms so that the student develops in their particular area of strength and competency
- focus on real world market demands of creative and professional writing
Assessment
General Assessment Information Guidance Box
- 60% weighting - 6,000 words of creative prose (or other form equivalent) folio
- 30% weighting - 2000 words project proposal
- 10% weighting - attendance and engagement in professional development events (eg., guest writers and editors - pass/fail basis) One page report on response to these events.Feedback will be both formative (in workshops and studio learning) and summative (final submission of folio and project proposal. There will be ample opportunity for one-on-one consultation between student and tutor, and feedback by mid-semester, when project plan is assessed.
(Details of how students will be provided with formative and summative feedback on their assessment).
Assessment name:
Portfolio - Creative Work
Description:
A 6000 words of creative prose (or other form equivalent) item of creative writing - fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, script.
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 3, 4
Weight:
60%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
End of Semester
Assessment name:
Essay - Project Plan
Description:
An essay in which the student demonstrates understanding of how to write a project proposal suitable to be submitted to a publisher.
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 3
Weight:
30%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Mid Semester
Assessment name:
Report
Description:
Professional Development Activity:
Attendance and engagement with presentations by guest writers or editors at QUT and the Brisbane Writers' Festival. Submission of one page report in response to these events.
Relates to objectives:
3
Weight:
10%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
End of Semester
Academic Honesty
QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.
A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.
Resource materials
Paris Review journal for interviews with writers. Held in library on-line.
Risk assessment statement
There are no risks associated with this unit.
Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Last modified: 02-Apr-2013
