School of English
Module manager: Sarah K. Perry
Email: S.K.Perry@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running 2026/27
| ENGL1012 | Writing Creatively |
ENGL2070 Developing Creative Writing
This module is not approved as a discovery module
Developing Creative Writing in Prose offers a module for students to engage in the practice and consideration of creative writing at university level, with a focus on prose. Through the development of a prose portfolio in a workshop setting, students grow their writing and editing skills. Through ‘Reading like a Writer’ and building an analytical understanding of their own place in the contemporary literary landscape, students develop, and then draw on personalised reading lists to place their own writing choices in context.
Developing Creative Writing in Prose is designed to extend the practice introduced to English with Creative Writing undergraduates by Writing Creatively at Level One. This module continues to provide you with the ongoing guidance that will help you develop further the new creative writing projects that you produce in an academic environment. You will continue to read widely together, in and around seminar teaching, and your conversations about such literature will also be related with growing depth to your own independent projects. You will undertake writing activities during and outside of seminars, and receive constructive feedback from your peers and tutor on your new and maturing plans to allow you to revise and develop them still further. Assessment on the course will be based on the creative elements you produce as well as analysis of your creative choices and of the literary context of your work.
On successful completion of the module students will be able to:
LO1. Creatively apply the defining characteristics of a chosen creative genre to produce original, high-quality creative writing.
LO2. Analyse your creative process by reflecting on feedback and revising work to improve clarity, coherence, and artistic impact.
LO3. Contextualize your writing within contemporary literary, cultural, and socio-historical frameworks, demonstrating informed creative choices.
LO4. Use research effectively to support and enrich creative writing.
SLO1. Manage their time and initiative to complete multiple interconnected tasks towards a portfolio.
SLO2. Locate and evaluate appropriate sources with which to inform and reflect on creative choices.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminar | 10 | 3 | 30 |
| Private study hours | 170 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 30 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
Formative feedback will be available in the weekly seminars where students “workshop” their creative writing as a group with input from the module staff and/or fellow students. At each of these seminars students will undertake work in relation to set tasks, and develop their critical and creative frameworks by co-creating reading lists with their module tutor, as the semester progresses.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Portfolio of creative and analytical writing | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Check the module area in Minerva for your reading list
Last updated: 30/04/2026
Errors, omissions, failed links etc should be notified to the Catalogue Team