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    MA Full-time: 12 months
    MA Part-time: 24 months

Course Description

If you want to make a career in writing, this course is for you. You already have talent and ideas, we'll add the expertise you need to approach your chosen market with confidence, originality and skill. No ambitions are out of bounds: we love commercial genre fiction and literary experiments equally.

We aim to ensure our graduates are equipped to succeed - and to change the culture they choose to enter. We will add expertise to your talent and ideas, while you learn in the company of industry experts on this innovative, inspiring course for emerging writers.

Our unique combination of genres and specialisms encourages and enables you to professionalise your practice as a writer. We put genres like science fiction, fantasy, crime and horror at the heart of our learning journey. Writing for young adult readers and graphic novels are just some of the options available to you as a student on our programme.

We take an innovative approach to the training and support of aspiring writers, driven by intellectual ambition and practical industry experience.

Entry Requirements

The entry requirements for this course are an Honours Degree at a 2:2 or above in any discipline with relevant writing experience.

Once your application is received, you may be contacted by the Programme Leader with an invitation to submit a sample of writing: this is the second stage in selection. Please do not send writing samples with your initial application, as a detailed brief and deadline will be provided. The final stage in the selection process is an interview: for international applicants, this is conducted by telephone.

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Fees

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Programme Funding

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Student Destinations

  • Book deals
  • Representation by literary agents
  • International and national competition wins
  • Collaborations with comic artists
  • Publication in magazines and anthologies
  • Edinburgh International Book Festival appearances
  • Paid editing and writing commissions
  • Performances and teaching
  • Working for national literary organisations

Module Details

Modules that you will study* as part of this course

  • Adaptation across Media ( CLP11176 )
  • Authorship ( CLP11174 )
  • Creating Narrative ( CLP11175 )
  • Major Project ( CLP11110 )
  • Script workshop 2 ( SCA11105 )
  • Writing Genre Fiction ( CLP11111 )
  • Writing Narrative Positions ( CLP11177 )
  • Writing for Graphic Fiction ( CLP11109 )

* These are indicative only and reflect the course structure in the current academic year. Some changes may occur between now and the time that you study.

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