ALW101 - Writer's Toolkit: Craft and Creativity

Year:

2026 unit information

Enrolment modes: Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Online
Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
Study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

1 x 1-hour online lecture per week

1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - online:

Trimester 1:
1 x 1-hour online lecture per week

1 x 2-hour online seminar per week

Trimester 3:
1 x 1-hour online lecture per week

1 x 2-hour online (seminar) per week in week 1

1 x 4-hour online (seminar) per week in weeks 2, 3, 5, 8, 11

Content

This unit combines the practice of attentive reading with creative writing. Students are exposed to a wide range of literary texts, as well as to a suite of crucial skills and craft elements of creative writing. Participants will learn to sketch with words and to use memory and place as structuring frameworks to conceive and compose small writing projects. Students will engage in critical thinking and reflection about their work and that of their peers. They will learn how to plan, edit and compose work to a professional standard, based on tested creative techniques.

Unit fee information

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