MSc Writing

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• Entry requirements
  Entry requirements and applications Admission depends on the quality of your portfolio: you do not need a prior degree in English or a related subject and the degree requirement may be waived if the submitted portfolio is of an exceptionally high standard. The portfolio (no more than 25 pages, 12 point, double spaced) may consist of complete pieces of work or extracts in one or more genres. A statement outlining your personal aims for the programme should accompany your portfolio. At least one academic reference is preferred, but referees should be familiar with your writing.
• Academic title
  MSc Writing
• Course description
  MLitt: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time
  
  What better place to study the art of creative writing than the landscape of southwest Scotland, which has been home to, and inspiration for, two of Scotland’s greatest poets: Robert Burns and Hugh MacDiarmid.
  
  Walter Scott set the novels Old Mortality and Redgauntlet here, while author of Peter Pan, J M Barrie, attended Dumfries Academy. Wigtown: Scotland’s national book town; and the artists’ town of Kirkcudbright, are also both close to Dumfries.
  
  This rich and ancient oral and literary history is a legacy which is translated today into a thriving and vibrant literary scene, and one which is reflected across Scotland as a whole with authors such as James Kelman, Ali Smith, Ian Rankin, Alexander McCall Smith, Irvine Welsh and A. L. Kennedy acclaimed on the international stage.
  
  This programme draws on this richness. Concerned with the production and editing of creative work, and with the writer’s engagement with the community, the programme is structured through a series of seminars, in which you discuss critical issues in writing, and workshops in which you critique your own and others’ writing. The degree gives you valuable experience of how your writing and others can relate to the wider community through a placement or project, as well as offering the opportunity to
  
      * create a portfolio of your own creative writing
      * attend visits from contemporary writers
      * present your own work to others
  
  Content
  
  You will study two courses in semester one. These are
  
      * Creative writing part one, which focuses on the short story, the novel, writing for young adults, voice in poetry and radio drama
      * Critical writer, which examines a wide range of Scottish and international literature, promoting a critical and reflective attitude towards others’ writing and, by extension, your own.
  
  Semester two consists of
  
      * Creative writing part two, which focuses on life writing, travel writing and creative non-fiction, form in poetry, writing for theatre and screenwriting
      * The Crichton creative writing project, which operates in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Arts Association, and offers you the opportunity to participate in the promotion of literature in the region, and to reflect on literature’s role in the community.
  
  In semester three, you will write your creative writing portfolio.

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