Creative Writing [MLitt]

The MLitt in Creative Writing is directed at those who are already engaged in writing. The programme’s clear three-part structure, focused on creative, critical and practical issues, distinguishes it from others offered in the UK.

The programme structure covers:

Semester 1

• Creative workshops and guest speakers
• Reading as a writer (Craft & Experimentation 1)
• Copyright, publishing and the culture of reception (Editing & Publication 1)

Semester 2

• Creative workshops and guest speakers
• Experimentation (Craft & Experimentation 2)
• Editing the twenty-first century: editorial project (Editing & Publication 2)

These courses have been developed to:

• encourage you to experiment with a range of voices, techniques and genres alongside a consideration of major creative and editorial engagements from the modern through the contemporary period.
• provide a space to undertake extended portfolios of creative and editorial work.
• familiarise you with the writing context (audience, publishing in all its forms, the legal framework, modes of transmission); help you develop a critical understanding of diverse creative, theoretic and critical texts through consideration of major creative and editorial engagements in modern and contemporary writing.
• and most importantly, to help you develop the discipline of regular writing by providing a stimulating workshop and tutorial environment in which writing skills can be acquired, discussed and honed.

Your portfolio, consisting of fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, or script-writing, is at the heart of the summative assessment.

Glasgow is a city known for its culture and our students are involved in festivals, events, radio and literary magazines.