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Creative Writing

Creative Writing

  • Term: Semester
  • Type: Elective Course
  • Major discipline: Creative Writing
  • Available: Fall, Spring
  • Location: Copenhagen

About this course

Develop your storytelling and writing skills in a series of structured brainstorming sessions, exercises, and workshops. Emphasizing the playful generation of dynamic new ideas and material, the course explores the technical challenges of different literary forms and genres, and addresses the practical issues of drafting and fine-tuning fiction in all its forms.

Syllabus – Fall 2024

This is the most recent syllabus for this course

Pre-requisites

One course in creative writing or journalism at university level.

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M.F.A., creative writing, Lesley College, Cambridge USA (2009), Teaching Diploma from EU’s screenwriting program North by Northwest, Copenhagen (2004), B.F.A. major in dance and performance, Boston Conservatory of Music, Boston U.S.A (1981). Chairwoman of The Danish Theater Council and member of The Danish Arts Council (2003-2007). Since moving to Denmark in 1981, Leman has been working as playwright, screenwriter as well as theater, radio and TV director. With DIS since 2018.

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English in a Flash: Creative writing of short-short texts

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Inspired by masters of short-form writing in such literary genres as flash nonfiction, flash fiction and prose poetry, we experiment with a variety of styles to expand our repertoire of writing strategies in English.

We compose creative texts weekly to strengthen our habits of writing. We read like writers: to practice the connection between critical reading and evocative writing. We engage in conversations, share work with our peers, exchange feedback, become stronger communicators.

This course combines creative writing, literary studies and advanced English language practice. We read selected examples of short-form writing to observe how such brief texts (from 6 words to 750 words) use language to suggest larger narratives. We read like writers, that is, we treat short-shorts as our master texts in order to understand better how we can compose images, build scenes, create engaging characters and develop our own style of writing

  • Course type:  Single subject courses (day)
  • Teaching method: Workshops with writing activities and conversations; peer reviews; presentations; independent reading and writing; assembling a portfolio which documents creative progress throughout the course.
  • Language: English
  • Offered by: Department of English, Germanic and Roman (EnGeRom) – Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use  (CIP).
  • Course number: HENÅ10251U

Elzbieta Jolanta Wójcik-Leese

Course information

Takeaways from the course.

The course gives you:

Knowledge and understanding of

  • the importance of a chosen topic in a wider academic context and in relation to the subject’s theoretical foundation.
  • conducting a reflective and independent analysis of significant problems within an academic topic
  • imparting knowledge and academic discussions in a clear and discursive manner that complies with academic standards.
  • positioning the chosen topic in a relevant theoretical context
  • critical readings of both texts or sources and theory

Competencies in

  • deploying academic knowledge in a relevant theoretical context and relating it to the methods used in the field concerned
  • organizing and managing own work process in relation to project objectives, collaboration and scheduled deadlines

Criteria for admission

A General upper secondary education leaving certificate with the following passed subjects:

  • An additional language: beginner A or continuing B
  • History B or History of ideas B or contemporary history B

Criteria for master’s elective

  • A passed Bachelor’s programme

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University of Copenhagen Faculty of Humanities Karen Blixens Plads 8 2300 Copenhagen S

Contact and practical info

Åbent Universitet, Faculty of Humanities

5 February 2025

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Skriveskolen for Creative Writing

Portræt af Mads Bunch, kreativ indholdsforfatter og skrivecoach, København

På skrivekurserne giver vi dig råd og feedback, så du hurtigt udvikler dine skønlitterære tekster.    Vi hjælper dig også med at få en skrivepraksis op at stå, så du fremover kan skrive videre med selvtillid og skriveglæde. 

Foto: Morten Holtum © Café Monde

MADS BUNCH, STIFTER OG LEDER

Mads Bunch Signature

Skriveskolen for Creative Writing tilbyder en bred vifte af skønlitterære skrivekurser og skriveworkshops for både begyndere og øvede. Vi udbyder også skriverejser og retreats. De faste skrivekurser finder sted i København i Bunchs VINBAR, H.C. Ørstedsvej 50A (2 mins. gang fra Forum Metro) og på Karen Blixen Museet.    Du kan tilmelde dig kurserne direkte på hjemmesiden, men du er selvfølgelig altid velkommen til at kontakte os for at høre mere. Eller tilmelde dig vores nyhedsbrev, så du automatisk er opdateret.

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