Program Overview
This Creative Writing MA program fosters storytelling skills for diverse audiences, blending theory and practice. Through workshops, placements, and publishing opportunities, it prepares students for careers as writers, freelancers, or portfolio workers. The program emphasizes personal and professional development within the creative writing field.
Program Outline
Creative Writing MA (PGCert PGDip)
Degree Overview:
This program aims to develop your skills in writing and sharing stories across various genres. Through creative workshops, you will work closely with supportive lecturers and interdisciplinary postgraduate groups to explore advanced theories and practices related to the creative writing process. You will be prepared for a career as a freelancer or portfolio worker, regardless of your previous experience with writing.
Key Features:
- Emphasis on developing storytelling skills for diverse audiences and purposes.
- Focus on both theoretical and practical aspects of creative writing.
- Strong connections with local publishers, writers, and creative companies.
- Chance to engage with the Brighton community through writer-in-residence placements.
Outline:
Structure:
- Full-time: 1 year
- Part-time: 2-6 years
Core Modules:
- Practising Rhetoric: Explores how the principles of rhetoric inform and influence storytelling in various contexts.
- Practices of Storytelling: Engages with diverse theories and styles of storytelling and applies them to a portfolio of creative writing.
- Communities of Practice: Involves a placement as a writer-in-residence with a local organization, culminating in an extended writing project.
- Dissertation: Develops an original research project and a related extended writing project in a chosen genre or style.
Option Modules (subject to change):
- Prose Fiction
- Writing Black Britain
- Literature and the Contemporary World
- Queer and Now
- Life Writing
- Performing Identities
- Screenwriting
- Poetry: Theory and Practice
- The Process of Publishing
Assessment:
- Essays and research papers
- Creative writing pieces
- Participation in workshops and seminars
- Dissertation
- Community engagement project
Teaching:
- Experienced and dedicated teaching staff with expertise in creative writing.
- Emphasis on small group workshops and personalized feedback.
- Guest lectures from renowned writers and industry professionals.
- Access to specialized facilities like the Mithras House labs with writing and research resources.
Careers:
- Professional writer
- Freelancer
- Copywriter
- Editor
- Publisher
- Teacher
- Creative Project Manager
- Arts administrator
Other:
- Opportunities to participate in exciting events like the Brighton Festival and the Short Story Slam.
- Access to online journals and in-house creative anthologies for sharing your work.
- Strong focus on personal and professional development within the creative writing field.
