This is an exciting and vibrant course combination, with excellent facilities and supportive lecturers. Creative Writing aims to nurture your confidence as a writer and to support your development as a critical and skilful analyst of writing, whilst developing your commercial practice (writing for magazines, reviewing, proofreading, copywriting and editing) and understanding of the publishing … Continue reading Studying illustration and creative writing…
Month: June 2020
Copywriting? “It’s the wordy part of advertising.”
A guest post by Lydia Chenhall Creative Writing & English Literature 2020 My career as a copywriter is still pretty new. People ask me what I do all the time, and the best response I can give them is that “It’s the wordy part of advertising.” The realisation that I wanted to be a copywriter … Continue reading Copywriting? “It’s the wordy part of advertising.”
Poetry Live Event Review
By Chloe Hanks It is the most wonderful thing to be in presence of poets. Having attended many (if not all) of the Creative Writing Reading Series poetry events across my years at the University of Worcester, I am always proud to see each audience outgrow the last one. And to be amongst poets and … Continue reading Poetry Live Event Review
Creative Writing & History
Is Creative Writing & History just for historical fiction writers? What do the two subjects bring to each other? How can historical research improve your writing skills? These are questions that often come up on open days and we will answer below. This joint honours allows student writers to use the particular analytical skills that … Continue reading Creative Writing & History
A “remarkable experience…”
Guest post by Kelly Williams, 2019 graduate in Creative Writing & English literature and winner of the V.Press Prize for Poetry. The wonder of a Creative Writing degree is how it is built to benefit you with a magnitude of different skills, styles, and opportunities for you to seize as lovers of the subject. Studying … Continue reading A “remarkable experience…”
Creative Writing and Screenwriting
"Studying this joint honours offers you the opportunity to develop your writing skills to a high industry standard. At the University of Worcester, both staff and students are really friendly and supportive. In both courses, you will learn how to to find yourself as a writer and put together a creative portfolio of your work, … Continue reading Creative Writing and Screenwriting