Units
Creative Writing Advanced Practice 2
Unit code: KWB332
Contact hours: 2hr intensive workshop per week, plus self-directed creative practice, plus peer critique activities – ten hours in total.
Credit points: 12
Information about fees and unit costs
This unit is the second 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 2 students will work on an already-conceived, sustained work of fiction in the genre/s of their choice including poetry, short fiction, long-form fiction (eg: elements of a novel length work) and non-fiction with a specific emphasis on developing, structuring and modulating sustained pieces. With the ability to articulate into and out of 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 1 | Yes |
Sample subject outline - Semester 1 2013
Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.
Rationale
This unit provides you with the opportunity to continue on the development of a sustained piece of writing. you will focus on elements and characteristics of writing process, as well as other aspects of creative writing. The second in a series of three, the unit builds on the foundations of, and encourages you to apply practices developed in, Advanced Practice 1 (KWB331). Designed to lead into Advanced Practice 3 (KWB333), this unit is placed at the beginning of the final year of the BFA and is structured to support you to prepare a third year project.
Aims
The aim of the unit is to further develop an extended project in your preferred genre/form. It attempts to provide you with a platform to refine and situate an authorial voice within the context of their writing practice. In addition, the unit attempts to foster a deeper understanding of essential aspects of the writer's craft and to unpack and engage with the writing process. It also functions as an important bridging project to Advanced Practice 3 (KWB333) that takes as its central aim, the production of a substantial piece of work for future publication.
Objectives
Upon completion of this unit, you should be able to:
1. Develop a sustained piece of creative writing
2. Further develop and locate an individual authorial voice
3. Contextualise your voice and style within your chosen genre and form
4. Create a sustained piece of creative writing with appropriate coherence and structure
Content
This unit content focuses on generating discussion about writing process(es). It offers material that will provide you with the means to experiment and explore your own voice and style. It will also compliment the development of other aspects of practice that support your creative work over the course of three Advanced Practice Units, such as rewriting and revision.
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Throughout semester, you will attend workshops that will be comprised of Lectures, Writing Workshops and Consultations. There is an emphasis on formative as well as summative assessment. This is achieved through attending lectures, workshops, peer critiquing processes, and consultations. You are expected to display a significant ability for self-directed research and learning, as well as a willingness to contribute to ongoing discussions throughout the semester.
Assessment
LATE ASSIGNMENTS
An assignment submitted after the due date without an approved extension will not be marked. If you are unable to complete your assignment on time, you should submit on time whatever work you have done.
Faculty Assessment Information
To access the Creative Industries Faculty Assessment Information see the Blackboard site for this unit.FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT
You will receive formative feedback on your progress in this unit during tutorials and discussions throughout the semester.
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
This unit requires at least 80% attendance at lectures and tutorials in order to pass the unit. Reading course materials on the Blackboard site does not constitute 'attendance' and a roll will be taken in classes.
Assessment name:
Portfolio - Creative Work
Description:
(Formative and Summative) A 6000 word creative work or folio of creative works in your chosen genre and style-including but not limited to fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry or script-to be decided in consultation with the teaching staff.
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 4
Weight:
60%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
End of Semester
Assessment name:
Creative Work
Description:
(Summative) You will write a 2,000 word researched essay on an element of the writing process relevant to their own creative practice. In the essay, you will describe their writing process in detail, and discuss the application and treatment of their chosen element by other authors working in the same genre or form.
Relates to objectives:
3
Weight:
40%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Mid 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
Recommended Reading
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, Stephen King
Art Objects: Essays on Ecstasy and Effrontery, Jeanette Winterson
Burn This Book, Toni Morrison
The Art of Fiction, Ayn Rand
The Little Red Writing Book, Mark Tredinnick
The Elements of Style, Strunk, White and Kalman
Negotiating with the Dead, Margaret Atwood
The Writer's Notebook, Tin House Books
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: 04-Oct-2012
