What's Greenwich Uni like?

Thinking of going to Greenwich or Portsmouth, but I love that Greenwich is in London and the Drama and Creative Writing course sounds good. What's it like? And do you know anything about drama or creative writing courses there, thanks.

yeah .. greenwich is in london and that is very good point. London is amazing. student life is more fantastic than Portsmouth. Also university of greenwich is better than the university of Portsmouth and also has 100 years history...

in greenwich is more expensive bcs as you now is in London.

They could be pretty bad. Any veterans out there want to offer reassurance?

I have, as yet, been unable to find anyone! And I have been searching because going into this blind is a bit intimidating!

I'm studying Creative Writing and English at Greenwich.. The tutors are really nice, especially Michael, who will probably be your course leader. His first year course is Introduction To Prose Writing. You develop your creative writing and interact with the other student writers via tutor led workshops..

For me, the worst part is sitting round a big table facing everyone because I have issues with social phobia, but, if you're relatively normal in that respect you'll get used to it.. even I have, although it's still difficult at times. The best thing you can do if that bothers you is to go in there with a smile and try to talk to people. It gets easier.

All the Creative Writing classes I have done so far, bar one, have you sitting round a table facing everyone. You will probably have to set up the table (as it's actually several tables pushed together :P) along with the other students at the start of every class.

Before my first year started I was led to believe that you could not change your course/classes at all, but at the induction we were reassured that you could make changes within the first two weeks. Although I'm doing joint honors, I was told that if I really desperately wanted to do a course that I had not chosen due to limitations, or had not been offered, the tutors could make exceptions.

The best thing you can do before your course starts is think about why you are a writer, what your strengths and weaknesses are, what your goals are as a writer, and whether your prefer to write short stories, poems, or for the screen, etc.

During the course:

Read! This is really important. You will have to keep a Writer's Journal during the year (a working document) that you will draw upon to write an essay detailing how you have progressed as a writer.. A mistake others on my course made was to talk about how music and film had influenced their writing, but made little mention of texts. You should also get into the habit of writing everyday and keeping a journal.

Attend 90% minimum of your classes! Or you are likely to fail.. You get marked for participation and only with guidance will you truly develop as a writer, and pass your degree. Creative Writing is difficult to get high marks in at Uni.

You may take some English courses as part of your degree, but I will cover that information if you want it.

Some helpful books:

"Becoming a Writer" by Dorethea Brande
"The Writer's Workbook" by Jenny Newman

Feel free to send me a message if you want to ask anything, as I have not covered everything, just most things.

I'm studying Creative Writing and English at Greenwich.. The tutors are really nice, especially Michael, who will probably be your course leader. His first year course is Introduction To Prose Writing. You develop your creative writing and interact with the other student writers via tutor led workshops..

For me, the worst part is sitting round a big table facing everyone because I have issues with social phobia, but, if you're relatively normal in that respect you'll get used to it.. even I have, although it's still difficult at times. The best thing you can do if that bothers you is to go in there with a smile and try to talk to people. It gets easier.

All the Creative Writing classes I have done so far, bar one, have you sitting round a table facing everyone. You will probably have to set up the table (as it's actually several tables pushed together :P) along with the other students at the start of every class.

Before my first year started I was led to believe that you could not change your course/classes at all, but at the induction we were reassured that you could make changes within the first two weeks. Although I'm doing joint honors, I was told that if I really desperately wanted to do a course that I had not chosen due to limitations, or had not been offered, the tutors could make exceptions.

The best thing you can do before your course starts is think about why you are a writer, what your strengths and weaknesses are, what your goals are as a writer, and whether your prefer to write short stories, poems, or for the screen, etc.

During the course:

Read! This is really important. You will have to keep a Writer's Journal during the year (a working document) that you will draw upon to write an essay detailing how you have progressed as a writer.. A mistake others on my course made was to talk about how music and film had influenced their writing, but made little mention of texts. You should also get into the habit of writing everyday and keeping a journal.

Attend 90% minimum of your classes! Or you are likely to fail.. You get marked for participation and only with guidance will you truly develop as a writer, and pass your degree. Creative Writing is difficult to get high marks in at Uni.

You may take some English courses as part of your degree, but I will cover that information if you want it.

Some helpful books:

"Becoming a Writer" by Dorethea Brande
"The Writer's Workbook" by Jenny Newman

Feel free to send me a message if you want to ask anything, as I have not covered everything, just most things.

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