The Writing Book : A Workbook for Fiction Writers
Sydney
:
Allen and Unwin
,
1990
Z410184
1990
single work
non-fiction
(taught in 13 units)
Making Books : Contemporary Australian Publishing
David Carter
(editor),
Anne Galligan
(editor),
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
2007
Z1405089
2007
anthology
criticism
(taught in 3 units)
'Making Books addresses these questions and many others in a wide-ranging study of contemporary Australian publishing. It also provides a sophisticated introduction to the structure and dynamics of the Australian publishing industry which turns over almost two billion dollars a year.
'Leading industry practitioners and academics analyse the industry in the context of social, cultural and legal forces. They write revealingly on the culture of the publishing house, editorial practice and policy, Bookscan, new technologies and the 'decline' of literary publishing.
'Making Books will be an indispensable companion for arts industry professionals, those in the publishing industry, and scholars of book history or publishing studies.' (Publisher's blurb)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
On successful completion of this unit students should be able to:
1. conduct research for a variety of writing tasks;
2. competently use a range of literary devices and strategies;
3. draft, edit and self-publish a professional monograph;
4. seek out and respond to writers' marketing opportunities (publication, writing competitions or performances of their own written texts or scripts);
5. deal with basic self-management aspects of free-lance authorship (contracts, proposals, publicity, agents, copyright, and self-publishing);
6. Show an understanding of basic legal and ethical issues associated with publication.
UNIT CONTENT
1. Field experience of researching material for writing projects (especially use of observation, a writer's journal, and library resources).
2. Developing a writer's personal reference and resource collection (use of thesaurus, dictionary, books, style manuals, marketing guides, periodicals etc.).
3. Developing the students compositions (nonfiction, fiction, poetry or script) through various manuscript stages towards publication.
4. Participation in writing workshops and manuscript analysis.
5. Workshops aimed at giving students knowledge of the legal and ethical obligations of writers and some business aspects of writing (e.g. copyright, agents, contracts, promotion and self-publishing).
Research Project - 30%
Monograph - 40%
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