Module Identifier ENM5020  
Module Title WRITING FICTION 1: METHODS AND TECHNIQUES  
Academic Year 2001/2002  
Co-ordinator Dr Patricia Duncker  
Semester Semester 1  
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