Overview

Throughout this MA Creative Writing part 2 module from The Open University UK you'll specialise in one of four writing genres: fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction or script. The module is organised into four teaching blocks and a further section of independent study where you'll develop your ideas into a sustained piece of creative writing produced to a professional level.

Career opportunities:

Studying creative writing will equip you with an adaptable set of skills that can give entry to a vast range of occupations and career directions. You’ll develop sophisticated writing, communication and editorial skills, and you’ll learn to evaluate and assimilate information when identifying and solving problems. Creative writing will help you to increase your critical and analytical abilities. Often, you’ll work independently as a creative thinker, but you’ll collaborate at times, too. You’ll also acquire fluent, flexible, and sophisticated research and IT skills.

All the above are skills greatly valued in the workplace – whether you’re already working, volunteering, planning to work freelance or changing career.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

In Block 1 you will:
develop advanced reading-as-a-writer skills in your chosen genre,
further develop writing techniques and technical vocabulary specific to your genre;
explore aspects of your writing such as research, world creation, endings, experimentation, hybrid forms, voice and tone;
exchange work with fellow students via forums and online workshops;
In Block 2 you will:
explore advanced approaches appropriate to your genre, in aspects of the writing such as plot, structure, character, the line, the reader, tension, tense and time;
examine your personal approach to writing and writing with a sense of engagement;
explore and acknowledge the critical influence of writers or works in your genre;
In Block 3 you will:
explore cross-fertilisation of ideas from one of the other three genres taught on the module;
In Block 4 you will:
engage in aspects of writing such as genre experimentation, the future of your genre;

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-03 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-09-17 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 alternative credits

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

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

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Other requirements

General requirements

To register for this module, you are required to have successfully completed the MA in Creative Writing part 1 (A802).
To obtain additional information about the program, we kindly suggest that you visit the programme website, where you can find further details and relevant resources.

Tuition Fees

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12290 GBP / year

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7900 GBP / year

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