Research for Fiction (WRIT7050)

Information valid for Semester 1, 2025

Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Attendance mode

In Person

Class hours

1L, 1.5S

Incompatible

WRIT6050, WRIT2050

Recommended prerequisite

Assessment methods

Oral presentation, research project, attendance & participation, essay, peer assessment.

Course enquiries

Doctor Richard Newsome (Semester 1, St Lucia, In person)

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2025 (24/02/2025 - 21/06/2025) St Lucia In Person Course Profile

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

This course will provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary to research and develop fiction across a range of genres. The emphasis is on thoughtful gathering of source material, synthesising ideas, and writing and editing a substantial piece of fiction (either a short story or a chapter of a novel). A second emphasis is the theory of genre fiction, and how genres operate in the literary marketplace.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile