| Module Identifier | ENM5020 | ||
| Module Title | WRITING FICTION 1: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES | ||
| Academic Year | 2000/2001 | ||
| Semester | Intended For Use In Future Years | ||
| Next year offered | N/A | ||
| Next semester offered | N/A | ||
| Other staff | Dr Patricia Duncker | ||
| Course delivery | Seminar | 2 hours per week | |
| Assessment | Essay | Students will present a piece of their own work with a critical commentary on their methods and intentions, stating and assessing what they were trying to achieve in the piece. Length 5,000 words. | |
Brief description
This module is a practical workshop to discuss fiction writing methods and techniques. Members of the group will be expected to present their work in progress for comment and constructive criticism. Short passages will be distributed for discussion.
1. Forms of Fiction: Structures
2. Narratives, Narrators, Points of View
3. Shaping Characters
4. Voices, Dialogue
5. Gendered Meanings