Overview

Within this MA Creative Writing part 1 module from The Open University UK , you'll build a disciplined practice of writing in a genre of your choice (fiction, poetry, scriptwriting or creative non-fiction), while also experimenting with at least one other genre. You'll develop a practical focus, come to read as a writer, encounter texts from various cultural settings, while refining your analytical and editorial skills. You'll learn about professional writing practice, and hone your writing skills through sharing, reading and critiquing work-in-progress.

Career opportunities:

Studying creative writing will equip you with an adaptable set of skills that can give entry to a vast range of occupations and career directions.

You’ll develop sophisticated writing and editorial skills, and you’ll learn to evaluate and assimilate information when identifying and solving problems. Creative writing will help you to increase your critical and analytical abilities.

Often, you’ll work independently as a creative thinker, but you’ll also collaborate at times, building your communication skills. You’ll also develop new, flexible, fluent and sophisticated research and IT skills. All the above are skills greatly valued in the workplace – whether you’re already working, volunteering, planning to work freelance or changing career.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Block 1: You'll study your primary genre covering the essentials, learning ideas and techniques that may be familiar from undergraduate study and taking them further in terms of sophistication and complexity.
Block 2: You'll select a secondary genre. For instance, if your primary genre is fiction, you might now choose poetry as your secondary genre and work through topics such as figurative language, voice and structure; or you might choose script and cover topics such as dialogue, scene and character.
Block 3: The materials and activities in this block will advance your understanding of your chosen genre, focusing on some of its finer points as well as learning more challenging techniques and themes.
Block 4: The final block is comprised largely of independent study as you'll develop a substantial piece of creative writing as your end-of-module assessment.

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Duration

Part-time
- 8 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-17 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

60 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

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Other requirements

General requirements

You must hold a UK honours degree (or equivalent), preferably with at least a 2:1 classification and preferably in Creative Writing or a closely related subject. If you are not a creative writing graduate you will need some experience of the subject as this module assumes all candidates have the knowledge and skills usually acquired by pursuing the subject at undergraduate level. Please note that this is not a module for those who are just starting to write.

If your degree is not in Creative Writing or a closely related subject, we strongly recommend that you read the preparatory work indicated below. Alternatively, you could undertake our open-access creative writing courses on OpenLearn to ensure your skills (writing, reading, editorial, reflective, analytical) are at an appropriate standard.

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12290 GBP / full

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7900 GBP / full

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