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**Course summary**
- Experiment with long and short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, new media and script.

- Workshop your writing and learn essential skills for drafting and revising your work.

- Connect with diverse audiences through your writing.

- Kickstart your career with accredited work placements.

Develop your skills as a writer and content creator in a variety of media. You’ll be supported by our expert team of leading practitioners, with regular visits from industry professionals, such as editors and publishers. By developing technical skills while learning to express your creative flair, you’ll graduate with the skills and contacts you’ll need to thrive as a writer.

**How you learn**
All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

Our team of professional writers will help you become confident and skilled in everything from prose fiction to publishing. We’ll give you the opportunity to connect with our professional partners – gaining real-world experience of the creative industries and Sheffield’s vibrant cultural scene.

You learn through

- lectures, seminars and individual tutorials

- workshopping your writing

- modules focused on specific forms and styles

- working with different organisations and audiences

- generating and pitching ideas

- live readings and performances

- masterclasses from guest writers

- writing trips and retreats

**Applied learning - Work placements**

You can take advantage of regular opportunities to showcase your knowledge and skills to our industry and community partners – such as schools, museums, theatre companies and charities. You’ll work independently and in groups, bringing your ideas to life in response to real-world briefs.

In your second year, you’ll raise your professional profile through our placement module. This gives you the chance to collaborate with external partners, undertake a work placement or develop your own creative enterprise.

**Field trips**

We run regular local, regional and international field trips at no additional cost – such as writing retreats, festivals and theatre visits. Students in previous years have visited the London Book Fair, as well as events in Montreal, Canada and Zagreb, Croatia. Some have also taken part in the Festival of Debate and attended the ZEE-Jaipur Literature Festival in London.

**Networking opportunities**

Studying in Sheffield puts you at the heart of a vibrant cultural scene. We work with renowned festivals held in the city, such as Off the Shelf literary festival and Doc/Fest, an international documentary film festival.

These events attract literary agents, publishers and high profile writers. Past students have volunteered as delegates – gaining experience working at the festivals while growing their professional network. Plus our innovative masterclass programmes give you a headstart in the writing and publishing industries.

We also have a strong network of graduates – and we encourage you to connect with partners outside of the university to give you the best career opportunities possible.

**Future careers**

Studying Creative Writing develops written and oral communication skills, as well as the ability to understand different audiences and frame a persuasive argument.

Our students have gone on to exciting careers in:

- creative industries, such as theatre and media

- teaching and education

- journalism

- the charity sector

- arts organisations

- marketing, PR and communications

- local and regional government

- social work

- postgraduate study and academia