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CRWT40290

Academic Year 2026/2027

Creative Writing Workshop II (CRWT40290)

Subject:
Creative Writing
College:
Arts & Humanities
School:
English, Drama & Film
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Professor Anne Enright
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

This course focuses on students' development as writers of literary prose. Tutors and peers will provide close, frequent reading of and responses to work in progress. The main elements for consideration are;

1. Language, including clarity, vividness, register and diction, avoidance of cliché, grammar, syntax and punctuation.
2. Form, including narrative structure, point of view, voice, dialogue, setting, characterisation, pacing, continuity, timing.
2.Content, including plausibility, consistency, originality of approach, dramatisation.
3. Awareness of reader, including engagement, story-telling, control, tension, resolution.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

Students can expect to learn how to edit creative prose effectively, using the criteria established in the course of this module. This ought to apply to all elements of that work:
1. Language, including clarity, vividness, register and diction, avoidance of cliché, grammar, syntax and punctuation.
2. Form, including narrative structure, point of view, voice, dialogue, setting, characterisation, pacing, continuity, timing.
2.Content, including plausibility, consistency, originality of approach, dramatisation.
3. Awareness of reader, including engagement, story-telling, control, tension, resolution.

The United Nations identified seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as core to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and UCD contributes in general to SDG 4 Quality Education. Further SDGs explored within this module if relevant are listed below. A scale of 1 - 5 indicates the extent to which the SDG is covered.


 

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

240
Total

240

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Students will learn by offering and receiving detailed responses to work in progress; by writing exercises which may be set by the tutor; by set reading and by discussion in workshops.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade Component repeat (in-module) Offered
Assignment(Including Essay): This is a workshop based module, so students will be assessed on their engagement with this process as well as on the final product. Week 15 Graded No
100
 No

As part of UCD's student support, under the Additional Consideration policy, extensions may be available for the following assessments in the module: Assignment (including essay/poster), Portfolio, Reflective Assignment, Report(s), and Individual Project.


Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Peer review activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will share and discuss work during seminars and workshops, receiving formative oral and/or written guidance from the tutor. The portfolio is the summative assessment, on which written feedback, in the form of editorial notes and/or critical review, will be offered with the final grade.

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
Spring Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 Mon 10:00 - 11:50
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