LT832-6-FY-CO:
Independent Creative Writing Project

The details
2024/25
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 03 October 2024
Friday 27 June 2025
30
27 August 2024

 

Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
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(none)

 

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Key module for

BA W800 Creative Writing,
BA W801 Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA W803 Creative Writing (Including Placement Year),
BA W808 Creative Writing (Including Foundation Year),
MLITQ392 Creative Writing,
BA QW30 Literature and Creative Writing,
BA QW31 Literature and Creative Writing (Including Year Abroad),
BA QW33 Literature and Creative Writing (Including Placement Year),
BA QW38 Literature and Creative Writing (Including Foundation Year),
MLITQ393 Literature and Creative Writing,
MLITQ394 Drama and Scriptwriting,
BA WW80 Drama and Creative Writing,
BA WW81 Drama and Creative Writing (Including Foundation Year),
BA WW82 Drama and Creative Writing (including Placement Year),
BA WW83 Drama and Creative Writing (including Year Abroad)

Module description

The project is an opportunity to work on a substantial piece of creative writing, whether a single developed piece or a collection of shorter works, together with a critical and reflective commentary on the work, exploring writing influences, process and composition. The creative work could take the form of an anthology of poems or stories or creative non-fiction on a particular theme – nature poems, bird poems, stories set on the planet Zorn, crime stories, writings accruing from an engagement with architecture, history and landscape.

Alternatively this could involve archival or editorial work, such as putting together an edited anthology from an archive eg. The Douglas Oliver or J.A. Baker archives in the Albert Sloman Library.

The Independent Creative Writing Project (ICWP) is designed by the student, supervised by a member of teaching staff, and examined by a 7,500 word project and a presentation.


The 7,500 word project will be divided between a creative work and a reflective critical commentary including bibliography. The creative work will constitute approx. 5,000 words. The length of the commentary will be approx. 2,500 words. 70% of the mark for this project will be awarded to the creative work, 30% to the commentary. This constitutes 80% of the mark for the module.


The presentation makes up the remaining 20% of the mark for the module. Students will both supply a presentation file for the purposes of assessment and perform the presentation to an audience of the marker and other students.

Module aims

The aims of the module are:



  • To enable students to design their own programme of study, exploring a topic of particular interest to them.

  • To empower students to design, execute and deliver an independent creative project.

  • To encourage the development of transferable research skills.

  • To prepare students for postgraduate study.

  • To develop students' self-motivation, team building, self-discipline and independence in their studies.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:



  1. Plan and execute an independent creative project.

  2. Articulate ideas and produce a convincing and clearly presented creative project.

  3. Analyse and present research materials and/or practical outcomes.

  4. Demonstrate knowledge and expertise in their chosen field(s).

  5. Independently research and work with a wide variety of materials.

  6. Self-motivate and organise their own time.

Module information

No additional information available.

Learning and teaching methods

This module will be delivered via:

  • A combination of 1-hour lectures, tutorials and specialist skills sessions.

Bibliography

This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.

Assessment items, weightings and deadlines

Coursework / exam Description Deadline Coursework weighting
Coursework   Formative presentation     0% 
Coursework   Field of Interest (100-300 words)  30/10/2024   
Coursework   Proposal  13/11/2024   
Coursework   Outline and bibliography  22/01/2025   
Coursework   Creative Project (5,000 words) & Commentary (2,500 words)  07/05/2025  100% 

Exam format definitions

  • Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
  • In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
  • In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary, for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.

Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.

Overall assessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%

Reassessment

Coursework Exam
100% 0%
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Philip Terry, email: pterry@essex.ac.uk.
Various
LiFTS General Office - email liftstt@essex.ac.uk. Telephone 01206 872626

 

Availability
No
No
No

External examiner

Dr Eleanor Perry
University of Kent
Lecturer in Creative Writing (Poetry)
Resources
Available via Moodle
Of 11 hours, 11 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s), module, or event type.

 

Further information
Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies

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