It's hard to think of anything positive to say about Block Two of A802, MA Creative Writing. It's the only Block using our Secondary Option.
The arrangements for review and comment are almost non-existent. I can post Activities in my Tutor Group forum, but I don't think any others in my group are doing Film Scripts as a Secondary option. The Workshop, which won't take affect until after Christmas will allow some comment from others doing Scripts as Secondary option. There is no guarantee that those in my Workshop will be doing Films. And the Genre forums don't open until next year. I have no contact with people doing Films as their Primary option.
The TMA Review Forum is still there but will be useless in a group with no one else doing Films.
My aim is to concentrate on TMA 02, which I have already posted into the Workshop. [[But why am I not allowed to post the full TMA? It's limited to about 2/3 of it,]]
I can't see any point on the rest of the block, which is going over things like Character and Setting again - but concentrating on Drama. (Not Films!)
Meanwhile I have a mark for TMA 01, about what I expected. The feedback comments tell me to put in more of the things I deliberately left out - because I can't squeeze everything into 2500 words.
I have written my fourth version of TMA 03 draft and may put that into a Block Two workshop.
18. Block Two
It's hard to think of anything positive to say about Block Two of A802, MA Creative Writing. It's the only Block using our Secondary Option.
The arrangements for review and comment are almost non-existent. I can post Activities in my Tutor Group forum, but I don't think any others in my group are doing Film Scripts as a Secondary option. The Workshop, which won't take affect until after Christmas will allow some comment from others doing Scripts as Secondary option. There is no guarantee that those in my Workshop will be doing Films. And the Genre forums don't open until next year. I have no contact with people doing Films as their Primary option.
The TMA Review Forum is still there but will be useless in a group with no one else doing Films.
My aim is to concentrate on TMA 02, which I have already posted into the Workshop. [[But why am I not allowed to post the full TMA? It's limited to about 2/3 of it,]]
I can't see any point on the rest of the block, which is going over things like Character and Setting again - but concentrating on Drama. (Not Films!)
Meanwhile I have a mark for TMA 01, about what I expected. The feedback comments tell me to put in more of the things I deliberately left out - because I can't squeeze everything into 2500 words.
I have written my fourth version of TMA 03 draft and may put that into a Block Two workshop.
Alan