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Creative Writing 1: An Introduction (ENGL201)
Semester 1 / 2014

Texts

y separately published work icon The Writing Experiment : Strategies for Innovative Creative Writing Hazel Smith , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2005 Z1180448 2005 single work criticism (taught in 10 units)

'The book is specifically designed for tertiary level students studying creative writing, though it can be used by the more general reader. It takes an experimental approach, stresses incremental strategies and uses literary and cultural theory to illuminate the process of writing. It includes many different types of writing, including fiction, poetry, mixed genre writing, writing for performance and writing for new media. Each chapter is illustrated with extensive student and published examples.'

(Source: information provided by Hazel Smith.)

y separately published work icon The Writing Book : A Workbook for Fiction Writers Kate Grenville , Sydney : Allen and Unwin , 1990 Z410184 1990 single work non-fiction (taught in 13 units)
y separately published work icon Little Green Grammar Book Mark Tredinnick , Sydney : University of New South Wales Press , 2008 6619874 2008 single work prose (taught in 4 units)

'What really goes on inside a sentence? What is your subject, and where is your verb, and what is its tense, and where is your modifier, and why does it matter? Where do you need a comma, and where do you not? Why are dashes and semicolons so misunderstood? When is it which and when is it that? In The Little Green Grammar Book, Mark Tredinnick asks and answers the tough grammar questions—big and small—with the same verve and authority readers encountered in The Little Red Writing Book. The Little Green Grammar Book does for grammar what The Little Red Writing Book did for style. It will have you writing like a writer in no time.' (Publisher's blurb)

Description

This is a practical unit that introduces students to various approaches and ways of thinking about creative writing. The unit consists of a series of workshops and lectures covering a range of creative writing skills and topics. Students are encouraged to be experimental and adventurous in their writing. Each seminar addresses a different creative writing topic so that students can engage with different genres, methods and approaches. The workshops are interactive and aim to increase understanding of the process of creative writing. Assessment of each student's creative work is based on development and realisation of a topic, language use and the writing skills, structure and overall presentation as well as demonstrated engagement with unit topics in all set assignments and on-course writing exercises.

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