Creative Writing MLitt
Creative Writing: Craft And Experimentation 1 CRWRT5035
- Academic Session: 2026-27
- School: School of Critical Studies
- Credits: 20
- Level: Level 5 (SCQF level 11)
- Typically Offered: Semester 1
- Available to Visiting Students: No
- Collaborative Online International Learning: No
- Curriculum For Life: No
Short Description
This course aims to explore the creative and practical aspects of text creation and the craft of writing through intensive close reading of literary texts, and through writing practice. It provides students with the opportunity to practise a range of literary techniques and ideas as manifested in a number of outstanding modern and contemporary writers, and to develop a critical idiom and practice through which they can analyse their own writing.
Timetable
10 x 2 hour weekly seminars as scheduled on MyCampus.
Excluded Courses
CRWRT5022
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
The standard assessments for this course are:
■ 1,000 word self-reflective essay/blog (20%)
■ Portfolio of 4000 words prose /160 lines of poetry or equivalencies for hybrid forms (80%)
If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:
■ There are no alternatives to the assessments, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (Students should follow the usual process for extensions).
Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor. 
Course Aims
This course aims to:
■ Enable students to explore the creative and practical aspects of text creation through intensive close reading of literary texts, and through writing practice;
■ Enable students to apply a range of literary techniques and ideas, as manifested in a number of outstanding modern and contemporary writers, and to develop a critical idiom through which they can analyse their own writing;
■ Provide students with advanced critical reading and analytical skills through discussions, close readings and submitted writing exercises.
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ Examine and read texts closely and analytically with a view to understanding the method of their composition;
■ Critically evaluate and discuss the merit of literary experimentation across forms, genres and themes;
■ Contextualise and apply a wide range of literary craft and techniques in their own writing.