Creative Writing

About this course

Creative writing at degree level is the serious study and practice of making literature. It encompasses fiction, poetry, scriptwriting, creative non-fiction, and experimental forms, and at its best it is both a workshop discipline, concerned with the craft decisions that make writing work, and a critical discipline, asking what literature is for, how it functions, and what it means to have a distinctive creative voice. Writing seriously requires reading seriously, and a creative writing degree develops your capacity as a reader and thinker alongside your capacities as a writer. At Leeds Arts University, this three-year full-time Creative Writing programme takes an experimental and industry-focused approach, developing contemporary skills in prose, poetry, script, and beyond, and building a striking portfolio of creative and critical work. The programme emphasises the collaborative natur

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