Weekly workshop-seminar sessions and tutorials will engage students in identifying and exploring the specific genre of Creative Non Fiction, with the goal of using such literary works as foundations for an examination of advanced principles in producing successful communicative writing (with an emphasis on the “creative” element). 

The ten week module is based around an exploration of sub-genres of the form, with class discussion time given over to considering the personal essay and memoir; literary journalism (“new journalism”); observational/descriptive essays and travel writing, for example. A reading list of creative non-fiction texts is used as the basis for lectures and example technique texts and as the springboard for in-depth critical analyses.

During workshop-seminars, students will engage in peer assessment, providing oral and written critiques of classmates’ creative nonfiction writing (submitted on a rotating weekly basis). Weekly one to one tutorials (rotating basis) will also be provided to enable ongoing tutor feedback and allow for further detailed, personal critique and ongoing development of an individual student’s creative writing and practice.

Students will produce, as part of this module, an extended piece of creative nonfiction writing; an in-depth literary critical analysis of a text selected from the reading list; and a Creative Non Fiction podcast. Students have also previously worked alongside the module tutor as co-hosts of a live literary discussion radio-show featuring their creative nonfiction writing (subject to availability).
 The module aims to:
*Teach advanced principles of writing creative non-fiction using a mixture of reading, writing, peer appraisal and group project work.
*Provide students with an opportunity to gain experience of in-depth critiquing, reviewing and appraising written work, to form detailed creative and critical analysis perspectives, applied in both individual and group-focused settings.
*Enable students to gain advanced proficiency and abilities in intensive, in-depth and extensive creative non-fiction writing and reading.
*Extend a student’s capacity for creative and critical self-reflection and further develop a student’s aptitude and abilities in independent analysis, judgement, critical evaluation and thought, in conjunction with progressing redrafting, revision, research and note-taking skills.
*Develop advanced technical writing skills.
*Develop some basic knowledge and experience of new media production and live radio broadcasting.
*Develop teamwork, time management and project management skills.
*Develop an understanding of the creative process and the roles that research and revision play.

 