ALW396 - Producing Digital Anthologies: From Concept to Publication

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):2
EFTSL value:0.250
Trimester 1 Unit Chair:

Indigo Perry

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

This unit is only available to students enrolled in a Faculty of Arts and Education course or D311, D312, D313, D326, D370, D391

Incompatible with:

ALW321, ALW326, ALW393

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

2 X 2 hour seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

Cloud: Online learning independent and collaborative learning activities (2
X 2 hour seminar per week equivalent)

Content

This unit offers students the opportunity to explore fiction and nonfiction writing to a given theme or concept, plus editing and production skills for an online anthology. In the fiction/nonfiction component, we focus on addressing a commissioned theme or concept applying innovative ideas and observations in the writing and workshop process. The editing/publishing component focuses on the compilation of content for an anthology; structuring, designing and preparing initial marketing for a publication and its specified readership; and applying legal principles to publication decisions. At the end of the unit, students will demonstrate skills in preparing fiction/nonfiction to a given theme or concept, working with a small group to edit and publish a digital anthology, and individually evaluating the process in relation to the writing/publishing industry.

Assessment

Assessment 1 (Individual) - Final draft fiction/nonfiction manuscript (3200 words or equivalent) - 40%

Assessment 2 (Group) - Group digital anthology (4000 words equivalent) - 50%

Assessment 3 (Individual) - Evaluative report on editing and publishing process (800 words or equivalent) - 10%

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