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Overview
Although a work of nonfiction can be every bit as literary in its distinction and design as a novel, nonfiction cleaves to the actual – something that places a heavy burden of truth-telling upon the writer and reorients imagination from invention to witness.
What you will study
By the end of this Writing the Real course offered by University of Sydney, you should be able to:
- discover the material in your life and world that calls you to write about it
- practise writing non-fiction prose in different genres – essay, memoir, feature journalism, blog, history, travel
- make of the life you lead, the thoughts you think, the places and things you know, works told as freshly and vividly as the best fiction
- grow good ideas and arrange life experiences into finished works of literary art
- apply time-honoured techniques and insights to take you writing from good to great and make it into a work that may touch and change others’ lives.
Programme Structure
Content includes:
- The literature of witness and attention
- The language of solid ground
- Nonfiction as literature
- Essays
- The elements of style
- Words and music
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 1 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
Language
English
Delivered
On Campus
Campus Location
- Newtown, Australia
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- CRICOS Number: 00026A
- Suitable for anyone wanting to write well about the world we inhabit, the things we know - from family history to politics, from sport to philosophy, from self-help to biography and travel.
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Tuition Fees
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Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents460 AUD / full≈ 460 AUD / full
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