This module introduces you to the fundamental skills of creative writing through engagement with the writer’s notebook and a variety of sources, from both personal experience and in the locality.
The module will focus on the training of the eye and ear in keen observation, the collection of detail and the recording of the full experience through the employment of the senses. You will learn the value of the ‘concrete’ as opposed to the ‘abstract’ and generalised, and discover how the ordinary can be rendered extraordinary.
By examining a selection of case studies of notebook entries, drafts and published creative writing, you will learn about the journey from rough idea to finished piece.
