MKCW – ‘Creative Writing: Intermediate’ Course Outline
Thanks for enrolling in the course. I hope you enjoy it and find it very rewarding. Please see the outline below. If you have any further queries relating to the course, please email info@martinkeaveney.com.
Week 1
Introduction/Comedy
Week 2
Historical Fiction/Structure
Week 3
Children’s Fiction/Effects
Week 4
Memoir/Tone
Week 5
Nonfiction/Pace
Week 6
Fantasy/Extended Workshop/Revisions/Special Requests
Participants have the option to submit writing and read others’ material during weekly workshop. A Final Project option is available to all at the end of the course.
Reading list
Readings are optional but they are helpful for weekly discussion. It is not necessary to purchase any of these titles as excerpts will be provided in advance.
Byatt, A.S. Possession (1990) . Vintage, 1991.
Cranston, Bryan. A Life in Parts. Orion, 2016.
Deary, Terry. Put out The Light. A&C Black, 2010.
McGahern, John. Memoir. Faber, 2005.
Wells, H.G. The Time Machine (1895). Penguin, 2005.
Howard, Paul. Seedless in Seattle. Penguin, 2015.
Others TBA.
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