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ENG-10042 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 21 November 2024

ENG-10042 - Writing, Delivery and Performance
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Level: Level 4
Credits: 15
Study Hours: 150
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module aims to equip you with a solid understanding of how your creative work might find a wider audience. It teaches you how to prepare and present creative work in the way that editors and other professionals expect; how to understand and respond to calls for submissions and submission guidelines; and how to 'perform' for an audience.
Lectures and seminars show you the professional literary landscape in terms of opportunities to submit your work, and how to do that most effectively. You will research these opportunities, and then match them to your own creative work, attempting to find a connection between the two. Workshops give you the chance to practise these and related skills in a supportive atmosphere. You will also learn some techniques and confidence-building to read your work at Open Mics and other venues.

Aims
The Module aims to establish and develop students'; understanding of the conventions and practices of the profession of creative writing, including the preparation, editing and submission routes for original work, the performance of one's writing in different venues and the ecology of publication and performance. It aims also to encourage students' engagement with the world outside of creative writing in the academy.

Intended Learning Outcomes

analyse the ecology of publication opportunities: 2
prepare and present writing and/or manuscripts which conform to editing conventions: 1,2
research and understand publication types and submission guidelines: 1,2
present their own writing through performance/live reading/recital: 3
pitch writing to appropriate publishing platforms: 2

Study hours

6 hours: lectures
12 hours: seminars
12 hours: workshops
5 hours: writing retreats/open advice
Feedback: 1 hour
72 hours: individual study
42 hours: Seminar/Assessment preparation

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Exercise weighted 10%
Write to a submission brief


2: Competence weighted 70%
A Piece of Submittable Original Writing


3: Speaking Assessment weighted 20%
Speaking assessment (public reading)


The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 21 November 2024