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Major Project is the culmination of all your learning on the MA. Depending on your chosen specialism it’s an opportunity to begin your novel in earnest and plan its path to publication, or to produce a high quality showcase of work in another medium, which can be used to approach agents, publishers, producers or developers. The module begins with a detailed induction session, to help you focus on the challenges ahead. After which, you’ll embark on intensive individual work, supported by three one-to-one supervision sessions of one hour and 20 minutes. A week before each session you’ll send up to 5,000 words of work-in-progress to your supervisor for feedback, problem-solving and discussion. You can also use supervision sessions to discuss your reading, research, critical reflection and personal development planning. Following Major Project marking, you’ll have a final one-to-one tutorial to discuss your Professional Development Plan, where the programme’s tutors will offer detailed advice on the next steps in your career.

Upon completion of this module you will be able to:
LO1: Demonstrate a detailed understanding of narrative technique at the leading edge of your chosen specialism
LO2: Demonstrate a high degree of independence in generating ideas and professional judgement in discriminating between potential creative approaches
LO3: Use structured critical self-reflection and detailed analysis of contextual reading to identify and solve technical and aesthetic problems
LO4: Undertake independent research to analyse the commercial potential of your work in progress and produce an effective career development plan
LO5: Produce a polished portfolio of work to marketable standard