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Creative Writing (Minor)

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Do you have a passion for poetry or flair for fiction? Minoring in Creative Writing is a great way to build your storytelling skills, explore different genres, and find your distinctive voice. It’s an opportunity to turn your passion into purpose, connect with like-minded writers, and make your story heard. Regardless of what major you choose, our minor can take your writing skills to the next level while providing deep personal satisfaction.

Why minor in Creative Writing at Mary Baldwin?

As a Creative Writing minor at Mary Baldwin, you’ll refine the rhetorical and narrative techniques essential for crafting compelling fiction and poetry. You’ll also discover the best way to master writing is by reading it. That’s why our program includes electives on literature from various time periods, movements, cultures, and perspectives.

This broad exploration will immerse you in a diverse world of storytelling, sparking your creativity and providing a deeper understanding of the writerly craft.

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Minor Requirements 

Creative Writing minor course requirements include a mix of core and elective courses.

ENG 245: Introduction Creative Writing

Provides exercises in the basic elements of poetry and fiction writing, including meter, metaphor, character development, and plotting.

ENG 204: Children’s/Young Adult Lit

Explores the literary and historical development of literature for children and young adults through selected authors and genres, both classic and contemporary. Analyzes literary elements, discusses cultural and educational issues within the genre, and considers the development of the concept of childhood and literacy in a variety of contexts.

FILM 264: Screenwriting

Teaches the theory and practice of screenwriting, including concept, research, writing, revisions, and presentation. Analyzes successful scripts and films to discover appropriate styles and methods of writing. Employs workshop development of scripts to emphasize dramatic narrative for television and film. 

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BELLOWS FALLS — Since October of 2022, Frances LeMoine Barsky has been facilitating creative writing workshops at the Rockingham Library and these workshops are still going strong every Wednesday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Poetry, flash/short fiction and narrative fiction will be emphasized but not to the exclusion of other genres. Even memoirs can be included in the mix. Make sure to bring a laptop or a pad of paper and a favorite pen.

Formerly, Barsky taught Ault Ed Creative Writing at the Merrimack High School in Merrimack, N.H. Her work has appeared in the Owen Wister Review, Visions, East-West Journal, Poetry Soup, Red Booth Review and Seeker Magazine. Asterius Press published her poetry collection, "The Moon Makes No Difference to Me." All of her writing has been published under her maiden name, Frances Le Moine.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information, call 802-463-4270, email [email protected] or stop by the Rockingham Library at 65 Westminster St. in Bellows Falls.

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Rockingham writers centre holds regular courses within the city of rockingham, they are convenient, affordable and relevant to today’s writing market, this list will grow during 2022 – you will be sure to find something tempting, educational and entertaining., our course conveners are published authors with experience in the genres they present., they are also experienced writing teachers, with a lot to share., upcoming courses are below. start your journey to a fuller writing life now..

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Here you’ll find a collection of resources for writers in Virginia, from conferences to local critique groups to literary magazines. If you’re looking for writing groups near you, writing workshops near you, creative writing classes near you, or simply a place to hang out with writers or submit your work, these are some Virginia writing organizations you might want to check out:

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Readings, panels, writing workshops and community involvement. Now in its 36th year.

Association of Writers and Writing Programs

Provides support, advocacy, resources and community to nearly 50,000 writers, 500 college and university creative writing programs, and 125 writers’ conferences and centers. Its annual conference draws nearly 10,000 writers from all over the world.

Blue Ridge Writers

Offers monthly virtual and in-person panels and critique groups, and publishes a quarterly journal.

Committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. Offers readings, writing workshops, writing retreats and fellowships.

Fall for the Book

An annual week-long, multiple-venue, regional festival held by George Mason University. Offers book prizes, readings, panel discussions and more.

Furious Flower Poetry Center

Hosts visiting poets, sponsors poetry writing workshops for emerging poets, holds an annual poetry camp for children in the community, and produces scholarly texts, videos and DVDs on African American poetry.

James River Writers

Offers a writers conference, writing workshops, master classes, and more.

A semiannual literary journal produced at the University of Virginia. Offers poetry, fiction and nonfiction, and holds annual writing contests.

The Muse Writers Center

Based in Norfolk, it offers writing workshops, readings and many other literary events.

Northern Virginia Writers Club

A chapter of the Virginia Writers Club (see below) covering Arlington, Fairfax, and other counties; workshops, panel discussions, readings, networking and more.

Poetry Society of Virginia

A nonprofit membership organization that promotes poetry through monthly open mics, writing workshops, writing contests and readings.

After 60-plus years in print, this prominent literary magazine is now online-only. Accepts fiction, poetry and nonfiction.

Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop

Writing workshops in fiction, creative nonfiction, screenwriting and poetry, led by accomplished faculty. Class sizes of no more than 12 students, as well as readings, manuscript reviews and craft seminars.

Virginia Quarterly Review

A top-tier literary magazine that offers new fiction, poetry, essays, reviews and much more.

Virginia Festival of the Book

The largest gathering of authors, writers and readers in the state. Offers readings and signings, panels and writing workshops.

Virginia Writers Club

A statewide organization with the purpose of supporting and stimulating the art, craft and business of writing. Has several local chapters, each with its own series of events.

Writer House

An affordable, secure workspace and meeting space, offering high quality writing instruction (writing workshops and seminars) and literary events for the public.

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Creative Writing

From inspiration to execution: how do you write fiction that engages a reader? 

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• Planned delivery: On campus (South Kensington)
• Two-term module, worth 5 ECTS
• Available to eligible students as part of I-Explore
• Extra Credit, or Degree Credit where your department allows

This module in creative writing will teach you to develop and refine your skills as a creative writer. The module allows you to explore your expressive potential as a writer and to boost confidence in your own imaginative powers.

You will explore the creative process in workshops using short stories, other fiction and essays. You will be encouraged to make creative use of your own scientific knowledge. You will be encouraged to draw upon your imagination within a structured and supportive framework, to produce writing that is both technically accomplished and capable of engaging readers.

Restrictions on module selection : Please note that if you take this module in your 2nd year, you are not eligible to enrol on the Advanced Creative Writing module during your 3rd or 4th year, as 'Advanced Creative Writing' is not a continuation of this module.

Please note: The information on this module description is indicative. The module may undergo minor modifications before the start of next academic year. 

Information blocks, learning outcomes.

On successful completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate skills as a creative writer, including how to create convincing characters, settings and storyworlds, how to handle point-of-view, time and plot and how to discover and hone your individual voice as a writer.
• Develop and engage your critical faculties through discussion and analysis of short stories and other writing, and use these critical faculties to produce constructive feedback.
• Reflect critically on EITHER the link between STEMM, creativity and empathy, OR the personal past and future creative journey.

Indicative core content

• Term 1 will consist of interactive lectures, discussions, and in-class exercises. Each weekly seminar will focus on a particular aspect of the craft of creative writing centred around the required reading.
• Term 2 seminars will take the form of a workshop as our focus moves from technical concepts, writing exercises and the published work of other writers towards analysing and improving your own creative writing.

Learning and teaching approach

• Exploratory piece of fiction - 1,500–2,000 words (30%)
• Complete short story - 2,500-3000 words (50%)
• Short critical essay - 700 words (10%)
• Class participation (10%) - Contribution to class discussion - Active engagement in class exercises - Timely submission for workshop - Evidence of attentive reading of workshop material - Peer review: provision of constructive feedback on colleagues’ workshop submissions

Key information

• Requirements: You are expected to attend all classes and undertake approximately 85 hours of independent study in total during the module. Independent study includes reading and preparation for classes, researching and writing coursework assignments and preparing for other assessments.
• This module is designed as an undergraduate Level 5 module. For an explanation of levels, view the Imperial Horizons Level Descriptors page .‌

"The content is perfect for all levels and backgrounds of creative writing. The pace and variety of exercises is excellent. I particularly like the opportunity for open discussion. The homework is manageable and the feedback excellent."

"The class is very interesting, a really good change from science all week…. I look forward to Monday afternoon Horizons."

Online courses in creative writing

Part-time study in creative writing

Develop your creativity with an Oxford University short course or award programme.

Need an extra push to finish your novel, poem or play? Completely new to the world of creative writing? Want to improve your analytical reading skills? No matter where you are in your writing journey, or where you are in the world, there is a part-time course to suit you.

Short online courses

Our short online courses in creative writing include live-time weekly classes, day and weekend schools and flexible online courses.

Credit earned from our short online courses is transferable towards our Certificate of Higher Education - a part-time undergraduate course in which you study a main subject discipline but also undertake study in other academic subjects.

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Diploma in Creative Writing

Our two-year, part-time Undergraduate Diploma in Creative Writing allows you to strengthen your ability in four major areas of literary activity — prose, poetry, drama and analytical reading — as well as the chance to specialise in the medium of your choice. You can now opt to take this course mostly online.

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English and Creative Writing

Use your creative writing skills and love of the English language to tell stories in a range of different contexts and styles.

What type of student are you?

You're considered a domestic student if you're an Australian citizen or permanent resident , a New Zealand citizen or hold a permanent Australian humanitarian visa.

You're an international student if you hold or are applying for a Student, Diplomatic, Bridging, Temporary or Provisional Resident visa, or are a permanent resident of New Zealand.

The English and Creative Writing major rests on the idea of the importance of literature as a living cultural practice.

You will focus on the global significance of text as a literary form, broadly understood to include all its variants - from the short story, to the sonnet, from the blog to the bildungsroman, and from pastoral to performance poetry.

Understanding the intimate relationship between the literary and the creative, you’ll get to study English literature while developing knowledge and skill in critical and creative reflection and writing practice. Therefore you will be required to read, view, listen and write critically, professionally and creatively in response to a wide range of written, visual and other texts.

3 reasons to study English and Creative Writing at Murdoch

• Work with real organisations on real projects, and complete internships through our work integrated learning program. Some of our students have worked with the Blue Room, WA Fringe Festival and the Heath Ledger Theatre.
• Number 1 in WA for teaching quality for communications by the Good Universities Guide 2024.
• Showcase your creative work through local, national or even global competitions. Our students have had their writing published and won film awards that have landed them jobs with global film and music producers.

What you’ll learn

Build the knowledge and skills you need to meet your career or study goals. In this course you will:

• Build an extensive knowledge of a broad range of texts – literary, public, performative – from the Renaissance to the present day.
• Work to identify how texts function aesthetically, socially and politically in everyday life and as culturally-specific forms of creative and professional writing, literature and performance.
• Develop skills in professional writing and editing to create well-constructed, clear and persuasive texts and oral communications in a variety of genres, modes and styles. 

Your future career

When you graduate you could become an author or editor and will be well prepared for employment in advertising, design, teaching, public administration, journalism, publishing, computer arts, and many fields of business. Careers could include:

• Arts Administrator
• Professional Writer

The industries you could work in include the arts, publishing, communications, government or even working for yourself as a free-lancer.

Previous admission information is available at  Murdoch Admission Information - Arts.

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You must meet a minimum standard in English to study at Murdoch, which for most courses can be demonstrated by providing evidence that you have completed Year 11 and 12 in Australia at any level if you are a domestic student, or through either English proficiency tests , university preparation courses , English language courses , previous tertiary study or vocational education .

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Everyone has a different path to university so if you’ve already completed formal or informal learning, you could receive advanced standing. Also known as recognition of prior learning, advanced standing can reduce the amount of study needed to complete your degree by giving you credit for certain units.

Formal learning can include previous study in higher education vocational education or adult and community education. Informal learning can include on the job learning, various kinds of work and life experience.

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Murdoch RISE is a selection rank adjustment, as part of our commitment to helping students from regional, Indigenous and low socio-economic backgrounds gain university entry.

If you achieve an ATAR of 60.00 - 89.95, a Murdoch RISE adjustment factor of up to 10.00 points may help you get into your preferred course. Murdoch RISE can increase your selection rank up to a maximum of 90.00.

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If you don’t currently meet our admission requirements, we have a range of enabling pathways to help build your skills.

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Make the most of your university experience by reducing the financial costs with a scholarship.

Whether you’re a high achiever or have experienced hardship, we offer a wide range of scholarships and awards to students from all walks of life. Explore our scholarships to find the ones you could be eligible for as a new Murdoch student as well as what's available throughout your degree.

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This is a nationally recognised course delivered by Registered Training Organisations (RTOs). RTOs are strictly regulated by the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA). This guarantees you will be studying a quality-assured and nationally recognised qualification.

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RTOs are also able to offer Recognition of Prior Learning for work experience or formal qualifications you may have undertaken to shorten the time you have to study. Ask a course provider for more details during the enrolment process.

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Lighthouse's Young Writers Workshops are designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and excitement about writing. There are no grades here, just the stories. We offer workshops at Lighthouse including afterschool and weekend workshops, the Young Authors Collective, and summer camps, as well as youth outreach in schools, at juvenile residential treatment centers, and in collaboration with other arts organizations.

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Lighthouse connects kids and teens to words, new friends, and a writing community. We offer workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, playwriting, screenwriting, and many other genres and topics. Our classes are taught by published authors and are designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and excitement about writing.

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Lighthouse's Young Writers Camps are led by published and award-winning writers, and each workshop is designed to foster creativity, self-expression, and excitement about writing in young writers aged 8 to 18. Registration for half-day camp and applications for full-day camp will open on January 1, 2019.

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The Young Writers Program offers creative writing workshops in public and private schools as well as juvenile residential treatment centers throughout the Denver metro area. Led by working, published writers with a passion for sharing their craft, our outreach workshops provide access to our innovative creative writing programming for young people who cannot come to Lighthouse.

The Young Authors Collective, or YAC, is a group of talented, word-obsessed high school writers dedicated to experimenting with new creative forms, collaborating with other arts organizations, and writing a ton. We meet once a week at Lighthouse to generate new pieces, give friendly feedback, and work towards publication.

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Live evening courses.

Establish a writing routine, build skills and receive constructive feedback with a live evening course from the National Centre for Writing

Designed to grow your practice, we offer live writing classes to suit a range of writing abilities. Each will see you join a small group of like-minded writers over a set period, led by a skilled tutor, during which you’ll work on your craft and confidence.

Relaxed and engaging, the classes are carefully structured to take you through a series of tutor presentations, practical exercises and group discussion as well as developing new or existing work.

We offer beginner, intermediate and advanced levels of learning throughout the year. Some of our live evening courses take place in person at Dragon Hall in Norwich, while others take place online . Our online classes still take place in real-time online so you can enjoy the feeling of being in a classroom with fellow participants and your tutor from the comfort of your own home – anywhere in the world!

You will have the opportunity to receive feedback on your work – either informally in class, and/or through one workshop session. To ensure that everyone gets a chance to input, we have capped courses to a maximum of 15 people. 

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Take those exciting first steps into writing and developing crime fiction with this friendly, supportive six-week course led by Elizabeth Haynes.

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Take those exciting first steps into fiction writing with this ten-week beginners course led by expert tutor, Ian Nettleton.

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Take your writing to the next level with this friendly, supportive, ten-week intermediate course led by expert tutor Ian Nettleton.

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We have partnered with digital learning platform Teachable to host our course materials, which contain reading and writing exercises for you to complete in your own time ahead of each live class.

‘I enjoyed the quality of the feedback on our work. Not just from the tutor but from fellow writers. I also enjoyed the pressure of the exercises — having to create something good in 15 minutes really tests creativity.’

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We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to tell stories, whatever their background. Each year, we offer free places on selected courses and workshops to writers who otherwise could not afford to attend. Please find details of any current bursaries on individual workshop and course listings. Find out how to apply below.

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