Module Identifier | WR10220 | |||||||||||
Module Title | WRITER"S ART 1: A BEGINNER"S GUIDE TO TECHNIQUE | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2007/2008 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Professor Jeremy P Poster | |||||||||||
Semester | Semester 1 | |||||||||||
Other staff | Miss Michelle Joanne Faithfull-Hinde, Mr Michael J Smith, Bethany Pope, Dr William G Slocombe, Mr Alexander Stathes | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 2-hour seminars | ||||||||||
Assessment |
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Getting started
Stories and storytelling
Poetic form
Metaphor and imagery
Plot construction
Description
Diction
Economy and suggestiveness
Defamiliarisation
Sense of place
Monologue and dialogue
Showing and telling
Point of view
Problem solving | Problems of writing technique will arise and be dealt with in seminars and assessments | ||
Research skills | Research is a probable part of the assessments | ||
Communication | Interaction in group discussion will be essential to the seminars | ||
Improving own Learning and Performance | Students will be expected to improve their work in response to criticism from the tutor and other students | ||
Team work | See 03 | ||
Information Technology | n/a | ||
Application of Number | n/a | ||
Personal Development and Career planning | n/a |
This module is at CQFW Level 4