Writing Fiction (ENG2WFI / ENG3WFI)
English - La Trobe University
Semester 1, Semester 2 / 2011

Texts

y separately published work icon Making Stories : How Ten Australian Novels Were Written Kate Grenville , Sue Woolfe , St Leonards : Allen and Unwin , 1993 Z271890 1993 anthology interview extract criticism (taught in 5 units)

'Making Stories shows ten acclaimed Australian authors at work.'

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts

Description

This subject is taught through a combination of lectures and seminars. It is designed for those who wish to write fiction and focuses on the craft of fiction, particularly style and structure. There will be discussion both of student work and of selected fictional texts in classes. Prescribed reading and text lists will be available in the first class.

Assessment

one 2,000-word assignment 40%

one 2,500-word assignment 50%

tutorial exercises (500-words equivalent) 10%

Supplementary Texts

Negotiating With The Dead - Atwood, M.

Explorations In Creative Writing - Brophy, H.

Passion For Narrative- Hodgins

On Writing - King

Stein on Writing - Stein

Writer's Reader: Guide To Writing Fiction & Poetry - Walker

Other Details

Offered in: 2010
Current Campus: Bundoora, Bendigo, ALbury0Wodonga, Sheparton
Levels: Undergraduate
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