Creative and Professional Writing
UndergraduateGRF-COM1412025
Previously GRF-COM14
Course information for 2025 intake View information for 2024 course intake
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Enrol by
- 26 Oct 2025
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Price from
- $2,124
- Upfront cost
- $0
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Creative and Professional Writing
About this subject
At the completion of this subject you will be able to:
- recognise different types of creative and professional writing
- understand how these different types of writing are produced
- be able to develop and use a set of writing tools that can be applied to writing in any situation
- appreciate the complexities of writing creatively and professionally
- see an improvement in your generic writing skills and have developed an understanding of how to apply ideas in a creative and professional context
- see an improvement in your written communication skills, have a greater informed independence of thought and have developed your ability to conduct research.
- Writing as communication
- Ethics and issues within the public arena
- Different types of writers
- Writing paths and genres
- Getting started
- Creating your own writing space and time
- Handling feedback
- The importance of reading and research
- Creative writing: Genres and practice
- Short fiction
- Scripting dialogue
- Professional writing
- Editing
- Blogging
- Blurbs, flyers and adverts
- Writing reviews
- Where to from here?
Creative and Professional Writing is a foundation subject that enables beginner and more experienced writers to develop their creative and professional writing skills across a range of genres. Throughout the Study Period, you will examine the role of structure, plot, opening lines, character development, dialogue and settings in the production of exciting and effective writing.
Through a series of voluntary writing and learning tasks and formal assessment pieces you analyse and critique the following writing styles: Short story writing, dialogue and promotional writing, critical reviews. You are encouraged to become part of an online writing group and to share your work with each other in response to set writing tasks.
- Learning Tasks and Reflection (20%)
- Professional Writing (40%)
- Creative Writing Assignment (40%)
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Entry requirements
Equivalent subjects
You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
GRF-COM14 (Not currently available)
Others
Proficiency with reading and writing English.
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.
What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
UndergraduateGRF-ART-DEG
UndergraduateGRF-COM-DEG
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