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Last year I completed an MA in Creative Writing at a well known UK university, and I strongly advise you NOT to take this course.

We had only four hours of lessons each week, i.e. two classes. There were only mandatory classes/modules, i.e. no selection to choose from, even though the course was meant to offer specializations in scriptwriting and poetry-writing as well as novel-writing, and there was a variety of interests concerning the format and genre of our final project. In class, we only ever practised short-story writing.

One of the two classes was quite useful -- at least in relation to short-story writing, discussing literature, and finding ideas for stories -- but the other one was not. Much of this class was spent discussing topics -- or watching film clips -- that were completely unrelated to our writing assignments and, often, even to the topic of literature/writing in general.

The teachers were rarely available for tutorials.

When we received student feedback forms at the end of the course, we were asked to fill in our student numbers, while at any other university I know, the feedback has to be anonymous in order for the student to be able to provide criticism without being afraid of getting marked down.

All in all, this course was not worth its money.

:-s