Writing Genre Fiction

Writing Genre Fiction from Edinburgh Napier University is designed to add the expertise you need to approach your chosen market with confidence, originality and skill.

Quick Facts:

• During your studies you will focus on popular fiction genres enabling you to professionalise your practice as a writer; be it science fiction, fantasy, romance, crime, horror and historical fiction — you choose which to put at the heart of your learning journey.
• In addition, our team of award-winning and bestselling authors will give you regular one-to-one creative and editorial mentoring sessions to support your development.
• This MA is designed to be studied part-time over five trimesters. In the first, second and third trimester, you will study two modules each trimester. In the fourth and fifth trimester, you will undertake a single module: Major Project.
• During the first trimester, the two modules you take (Creating Narrative, and Narrative Position) each have one live weekly online seminar, timetabled for 9:00-10:30am UK time. There is also one module with a live weekly seminar in the second trimester (Writing Genre Fiction) and third trimester (Authorship), each timetabled for 9:00-10:30am UK time.For other modules (Creative Development, Editorial Development and Major Project), you will have occasional live events again the time of these will aim to suit the geographical locations of the cohort. Mutually convenient times for one-to-one meetings with your program tutor will be arranged in advance.

Courses include:

• Authorship
• Creating Narrative
• Creative Development
• Editorial Development
• Major Project
• Narrative Position