Creative Writing

Skills

Graduate with a creative, professional skillset.

This incorporates studying;

• Popular, long-running modules: Writing for Young Readers, Short Stories and Novel, which explore writing in a variety of forms, all with the aim of helping you produce compelling, contemporary work of a publishable standard. 
• Creative Contexts and Archives and Research, which will enable you to situate your work among other contemporary writers and enlarge your research skills. 

Throughout the programme, you will be working with established, successful writers, all of whom are here to help you take your writing to the next level. Successful writers who have graduated from the programme include Holly Pester, Rachel Knightley, and Nikki Dudley.

Learning

A course built around your ambitions. 

Here you can study and write literary fiction, fantasy, dark & transgressive fiction, horror, thriller and domestic noir, and you can write in a wide variety of forms. All modules are taught by published writers, and Roehampton's post-graduate experience is among the best in the country.

Come here to do your best writing. Come here with the aim of being published.

Careers

Alongside writing for publication, graduates of this programme may pursue careers in journalism, copywriting and arts management.

‘My lecturers really care about all of us succeeding in our chosen careers. They encourage me to push myself and experiment with my writing, which is also helping prepare me for a career in publishing’.

Samantha Jo Gale, MA Creative Writing