Module Identifier WR30730  
Module Title THE WRITING PROJECT  
Academic Year 2006/2007  
Co-ordinator Professor Jeremy P Poster  
Semester Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters)  
Other staff Mr Noyes K Grovier, Dr Tiffany S Atkinson, Dr Matthew C Francis  
Course delivery Seminars / Tutorials    
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Assessment WRITING PROJECT The precise content will be defined by the student under the guidance of the tutor. In general terms, students will be working towards the production of one of the following: * a collection of poems of approximately 3,000 words in length or * one piece of prose fiction totalling approximately 6,000 words or * two shorter pieces of prose fiction, to a total approximately 6,000 words or * a combination of poetry and prose fiction, to a total or approximately 6,000 words 100%
Supplementary Assessment RESUBMIT FAILED ELEMENTS 

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module students should be able to:

1. Address the techniques and styles of their chosen genre(s)

2. Present their work in ways which reveal an awareness of professional standards for the submission of scripts

3. Contextualise and evaluate their writing

Brief description

During the course of the year, students will have two individual tutorials of up to one hour each, and four group seminars, each of two hours' duration. They will be encouraged to submit draft material for discussion both within the group and with the tutor, with the aim of producing a portfolio consisting of both critical and creative work.
Precise content will be defined by student under the guidance of the tutor. In general terms, students will be working towards the production of one of the following:
- a collection of poems of approximately 3,000 words in length or
- one piece of prose fiction totalling approximately 6,000 words or
- two shorter pieces of prose fiction, to a total of approximately 6,000 words or
- a combination of poetry and prose fiction, to a total of approximately 6,000 words

In addition the project must include a critical commentary on the student's own poetic and/or fiction-writing practice with relevant bibliographical details (a further 2,000 words

Content

Semester 1: one individual tutorial of up to an hour; 2 seminars, each of 2 hours. The individual tutorial is designed to establish and discuss the student's intentions; the seminars are designed to provide group feedback on work in progress and to encourage discussion of theoretical issues.

Semester 2: two seminars, each of 2 hours; a final individual tutorial of up to an hour. The final tutorial is designed to ensure that the student is on course; the seminars are designed to provide group feedback on work in progress and to encourage discussion of theoretical issues.

Aims

The Writing Project is central to the Creative Writing and English Degree, and provides the opportunity to experience sustained, long-term personal engagement with a substantial writing task. It gives students the opportunity to reflect on their own writing skills and to engage in discussion with similarly focused students.

Module Skills

Problem_solving The assessment will require attention to issues of a broadly problemtic nature in relation to form and genre  
Research skills The assessment will require research  
Communication Interaction in group discussion  
Improving own Learning and Performance Development both in the process of writing itself and in the understanding of that process  
Team work Interaction in group discussion  
Information Technology N/A  
Application of Number N/A  
Personal Development and Career planning N/A  

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6