MA Creative Writing Crime Fiction (Part Time)

MA Crime Fiction comprises modules designed specifically for the course, ensuring our teaching has the same creative and academic integrity as UEA’s other Creative Writing MAs.

In the first year you will take the modules A Critical Approach to Crime Writing, and A Theoretical and Practical Approach to Crime Writing. In these, you will critically examine a number of landmark crime texts, address the practical and theoretical issues of fiction writing, and explore the literary devices particularly relevant to crime writing, including plot, suspense, pacing, setting and characterisation.

You will also take A Creative Approach to Crime Writing 1 and 2, which run through both the first and second years. In these modules you will plan and write your own crime novel, guided by one-on-one tutorials and group workshopping. At the end of the first year you will submit the first 10,000 words of your novel for assessment. You will complete the novel in year two, supervised throughout the process by our experienced tutors.

Each year, in addition to these modules, you will take part in three residential periods of study, involving masterclasses and seminars, which make up the modules A Public Approach to Crime Writing 1 and 2. These are a great chance to meet your fellow students in person and enhance your career prospects, benefiting from the advice of visiting writers, publishing professionals and other research-related professionals.