University of Technology Sydney

57600 Creative Nonfiction Workshop

6cp; asynchronous weekly lectures (online); 2hpw (weekly on-campus tutorial)
Requisite(s): 16 credit points of completed study in spk(s): STM91564 Core stream (Media, Industry and Practice)
These requisites may not apply to students in certain courses.
There are course requisites for this subject. See access conditions.
Anti-requisite(s): 57031 Creative Non-fiction AND 57680 Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Core - Journalism and Writing


Postgraduate

Description

Creative nonfiction exists at the crossroads of the factual, the personal and the imagined. In this practice-based subject, students write sustained creative work as they explore this popular and growing area of international publishing. Students consider the forms, possibilities, ethics and debt to fact of creative nonfiction. Students analyse and practise key techniques of sentence craft, voice and close observation. Students workshop their drafts into a creative work ready for pitching or submission.

Typical availability

Spring session, City campus

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