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North Tec Diploma in Creative Writing (Level 6)
North Tec

Diploma in Creative Writing (Level 6)

Whangārei, New Zealand

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Mar 2025

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Key Summary

    About: The Diploma in Creative Writing (Level 6) is designed for those who want to enhance their writing skills. The course covers various writing techniques and styles, providing practical experience and feedback from industry professionals to help students develop their unique voice and narrative style. It typically allows for personalized learning and exploration of genres, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the creative writing landscape.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue careers as novelists, screenwriters, copywriters, or work in publishing. They may also find opportunities in content creation or editing, utilizing their writing skills across various media platforms.

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Explore a genre of choice, compose original text, examine and identify the business skills necessary for a self-employed writer.Unleash your potential! The diploma will consolidate your understanding of genres and guide you to write for different audiences as you work on novels, scripts, collections, or non-fiction texts.

You will also learn about writing for online outlets, how to hone your editing skills and how to self-publish.This diploma has a team of specialist tutors who cover a range of genres.

The team includes: children's writer Justine Baddeley; poet Dr Briar Wood (whose collectionRāwāhiwas shortlisted for the 2018 Ockham NZ Book Awards); award-winning scriptwriter Lisette d Jeong; IML graduate and short story writer Gerard O'Brien; prose writer, artist and poet Ruby Porter (2017 winner of the Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Award, and inaugural winner of the 2018 Michael Gifkins Prize); andleading freelance editor Lesley Marshall.

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