School Of Humanities And Communication ArtsWriting and Reading Sci Fi and FantasyWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101908.1
Discipline: LITERATURE
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Good standard of written English expression
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 60 credit points of study in currently enrolled course.
About this Unit
In 2020 this unit replaced by 102772 - Writing and Reading Sci Fi and Fantasy. This unit covers the basic creative writing techniques for 'worldbuilding' in the genres of science fiction and fantasy. Through guided reading and writing you'll explore what happens when ordinary human predicaments are deepened and complicated when represented as happening in a world not our own: one with different physical laws, belief systems, technologies and cultural practices. In a workshopping environment, you will build outward from a 'story-bud' about an alternative or alien world to explore the logic of that world and its implications for the creation of believable characters, setting, action and - overall - the development of a successful story.
Specialisations
| M1035.1 | English, Text and Writing | CONTINUING |
| SM1044.1 | English, Text and Writing | CONTINUING |