MA Creative Writing

The Creative Writing Postgraduate course offered by Keele University fosters the students' ability to write creatively and critically about a range of genres. It imparts skills and insights fundamental to the creative process, thereby preparing students for a career as professional writers, communicators, and teachers.Course Content: The course comprises of two 15-module workshops in the first semester, including writing and reading poetry, and writing and reading prose. In the second semester, students participate in writing workshops, and an experiment module, where they learn about and experiment with poetic, dramatic, narrative, and prose forms. Furthermore, they complete an independent scholarship module and a dissertation.Key Modules: The key modules of the course are 'Writing Poetry', 'Writing Prose', 'Experiment: Creative Writing', 'Independent Scholarship: Creative Writing', and 'Dissertation: Creative Writing'.Future Careers: After completion of this course, students can pursue careers as a writer of novels, short stories, poetry, plays, and screenplays. They can also explore careers in broadcasting, teaching, publishing, and literary arts administration. For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.