Creative Writing
| Award Name | Level 5 Component Award (Level 5 NFQ) |
|---|---|
| NFQ Classification | Minor |
| Awarding Body | QQI |
| NFQ Level | Level 5 NFQ |
| Award Name | NFQ Classification | Awarding Body | NFQ Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 5 Component Award (Level 5 NFQ) | Minor | QQI | Level 5 NFQ |
Duration
This Creative Writing – QQI Level 5 course is completed through Distance Learning and there are no lectures to attend. Students can complete this course within 8 weeks which is ample time and can start it at any time of the year that is convenient.
If students need to extend this period for any reason during or near the end of the course they can request an extension through the college.
Entry Requirements
Entry Requirements / Prerequisites:
Leaving certificate, Level 4 certificate or equivalent in a relevant subject area and/or relevant practical experience (3 years minimum) – Please ask about our requirements surrounding Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) for entry.
Mature students (over 23 years) may be exempt from the above prerequisites.
English Language Requirement: Students entering programmes leading to awards at Level 5 are expected to be able to: be proficient at reading, drafting, preparing and understanding information across a broad range of topics, including quantitative information.
Learners undertaking this programme must have basic IT skills and access to the necessary equipment to enable them to undertake an online programme: computer, broadband, email, Microsoft, recording equipment necessary for some skills demonstration tasks, and where applicable any other specialised software/equipment.
As this programme is delivered through distance learning or eLearning, students must be capable of studying on their own initiative.
Further information
Students can start this course at any time of the year that is convenient.
Special Offer price: Only – €314 or
Easy Payments: Only €157 per month over 2 months with our unrivalled Easy Payment Plans. Enrol using your Debit / Credit Card or call us on (+353) 1 206 1828 to avail of this offer.
The course fee includes all documentation, lecturing, assessments, learner registration and QQI certification fees. No other fees to pay!
Apply via our website (see "Application Weblink" below).
Course Description
This QQI Level 5 Creative Writing course is designed to give students an opportunity to develop their creative voice through writing. It aims to give students an understanding of the process of writing, key aspects of writing fiction, as well as the possibility of getting work published.
This QQI accredited, distance learning course means that students can study flexibly at home, or at work, while gaining a Nationally Accredited Qualification.
Learners who successfully complete this module will:
•Develop their creative voice through writing
•Produce a range of confident writing, which will include the opening section of a novel or two complete short stories
•Have utilised key aspects of writing for a novel or short story
•Understand the process of publication in Ireland
•Be able to submit work for publication.
Topics covered include:
Unit 1: Writing Skills
Unit 2: Characterisation
Unit 3: Structure and Plot Development
Unit 4: Setting and Atmosphere
Unit 5: Getting published.
Specific Learning Outcomes:
Unit 1: Writing Skills
Learners should be able to:
•Keep a track of ideas in a notebook
•Research their ideas using a variety of sources
•Produce a variety of written pieces of work, which range in content and length
•Use grammar to alter the narrative
•Understand the concept of showing not telling in writing
•Be constructively self-critical and provide critical analysis to others
•Revise and edit work.
Unit 2: Characterisation
Learners should be able to:
•Produce different characters
•Make characters that are believable
•Show feelings and emotions through words and actions
•Understand the character’s Language and Idioms.
•Create dialogue that comes from the character
•Understand the purpose of a character
•Determine the history of a character
•Write in the first, second, third person
•Identify if the narrator is present or omnipresent.
Unit 3: Structure and Plot Development
Learners should be able to:
•Understand different possibilities for plotting a story
•Understand timelines in relation to the narrative
•Understand Point of View
•Show different ways of telling the same story
•Flash forward and flash back
•Create intrigue for the reader.
Unit 4: Setting and Atmosphere
Learners should be able to:
•Create a strong sense of place through language
•Use real locations as the source for fiction
•Create clothes and costumes that are unique to the story
•Use language to set the tone of the narrative
•Decide on events which are determined by their environment
•Understand the limitations of the world they create
•Understand different genres.
Unit 5: Getting Published
Learners should be able to:
•Know the process of getting work Published in Ireland and abroad
•Source a variety Agents and Publishers in Ireland
•Present work for an agent or publisher which is correctly laid out according to industry practice
•Understand the role of an Agent.
•Understand the role of a Publisher
•Submit work for competition and/or publication
•Understand self-publishing.
This course is assessed through a combination of assignments(2) and Project.
• Project 75%
• Assignment 25%
Project: The internal assessor will devise a project brief that requires candidates to demonstrate
• Research and planning
• Their ability to write fiction, whether in the format of a novel or short story
• Their ability to structure and plot a story, develop believable characters through language and event, and create an interesting fictional environment.
• Their ability to present work in a logical manner as though they were presenting the work to an agent or publisher As part of the research and planning, candidates should produce examples of the following: evidence of research from different sources: Title for work, One short synopsis of novel or short story (approx. 100 words), Two examples of characterisations, One time line of events clearly set out, including time frame of story, One example setting and location sketched, One short piece of dialogue, An example of self-directed editing.
Candidates should produce the opening section of a novel of approximately 2000 words.
Or
Candidates should produce one or two complete short stories of approximately 2000 words.
Assignment
Publishing: The internal assessor will devise a brief that requires the candidate to produce an assignment which shows the results of their research into publishing in Ireland. The candidate should show the process of getting written work published, from the completion of a story to its appearance on the shelf in a bookshop. It should include information on presentation and layout of manuscripts, and it should identify the role of an agent and publisher in relation to writing.
Grading
Pass 50 – 64%
Merit 65 – 79%
Distinction 80 – 100%
5N4765 Creative Writing
Accreditation
Following successful completion you will receive a QQI Level 5 component Certificate in Creative Writing (5N4765).
QQI (Quality & Qualifications Ireland) is the national awarding body for further education and training in Ireland. The Open College is registered with QQI to offer programmes leading to QQI awards in the National Framework of Qualifications in Ireland.
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