Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 2 Years Part-time
This course is ideal for writers of commercial genre fiction who are looking to take their craft to the next level.
If you already have talent and ideas, this online programme is designed to add the expertise you need to approach your chosen market with confidence, originality and skill.
During your studies you will focus on popular fiction genres enabling you to professionalise your practice as a writer; be it science fiction, fantasy, romance, crime, horror and historical fiction — you choose which to put at the heart of your learning journey.
In addition, our team of award-winning and bestselling authors will give you regular one-to-one creative and editorial mentoring sessions to support your development.
This MA is designed to be studied part-time over five trimesters. In the first, second and third trimester, you will study two modules each trimester. In the fourth and fifth trimester, you will undertake a single module: Major Project. This programme has a start date in January every year.
During the first trimester, the two modules you take (Creating Narrative, and Narrative Position) each have one live weekly online seminar, which will be timetabled for a time which aims to suit the whole cohort depending on geographical locations. There is also one module with a live weekly seminar in the second trimester (Writing Genre Fiction) and third trimester (Authorship), again timetabled for a mutually suitable time. For other modules (Creative Development, Editorial Development and Major Project), you will have occasional live events again the time of these will aim to suit the geographical locations of the cohort. Mutually convenient times for one-to-one meetings with your programme tutor will be arranged in advance.
Before applying for the programme please ensure you are have flexibility to attend the live online sessions which will most likely take place within the UK business day (9.00 – 5.00 p.m. UK time), allowing for relevant daylight savings hour changes at different points of the year. All other modules are taught one-to-one, with live online meetings arranged individually with your tutor at mutually convenient times within the UK business day (9:00am - 5:00pm UK time).
To apply you will need a Bachelor Honours Degree with 2:2 or above in any discipline or other qualifications/experience which demonstrate through our recognition of prior learning process that you have appropriate knowledge and skills in Writing Genre Fiction equivalent to SCQF level 10.
Can I get admission into Writing Genre Fiction based on my working experience in this sector?
This course has academic entry requirements which are assessed alongside relevant work experience. Full details of any relevant work experience, including references should be submitted with your application and may be considered for entry where the minimum academic entry requirements are below those required.
Usually, unrelated work experience is not considered sufficient for entry without meeting the minimum academic entry requirements. Please contact us with your specific circumstances by submitting an enquiry form above and we will be happy to discuss your options.
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Uniquely, the course offers a dynamic and pioneering range of popular genre fiction specialisms. Students can pursue their passion for fantasy, crime, mysteries and thrillers, historical, romance, science fiction, horror and writing for young adults.
We host an exciting array of guest speakers each year, ranging from award-winning authors to high-profile industry experts. Recent visiting speakers have included authors Victoria (V.E.) Schwab, L.R. Lam, Sandra Ireland, comics creators Emma Beeby and Will Morris, agents Jenny Brown and Juliet Mushens, and editor Frankie Edwards.
Our approach to full-length narrative development enables you to deploy a range of unique and dynamic pre-writing techniques invented by our programme. This energetic combination of conceptual development and critical self-reflection aims to transform you into a technically adept, purposeful writer ready to make your mark.
Whether you want to move up in your career, or onto a new one, our innovative, industry-focused postgraduate courses can give you the skills you need ...
