CREATIVE WRITING SKILLS Level 2

Level 2
Further Education
Armagh Campus
OCN NI

Overview

Unlock your voice and elevate your creative writing abilities in our Level 2 Creative Writing course. This programme is the perfect next step for writers or those new to writing ready to shape their ideas into compelling, polished work.

Across a series of engaging classes, you’ll learn how to craft writing pieces of work with clear structure, direction, and purpose. You’ll experiment with a range of forms and genres, discovering what best suits your own personal style - while expanding your creative toolkit. Through exercises, you’ll create writing that captures mood, builds plot, and brings characters to life through authentic dialogue.

You’ll also grow as a reflective writer, learning how to thoughtfully assess your own work and provide constructive feedback to others, fostering confidence and insight along the way.

Whether you’re polishing your current writing project or exploring new creative territory, this course will inspire you to write boldly, revise wisely, and share your stories with clarity and impact.

Applicants should be be at least 18 years old.

This programme focuses on developing creative writing skills, requiring learners to:

Recognise and Compare a variety of different literary styles and genres, understanding how they relate to a potential audience.
Assess their own style and identify appropriate audiences for writing material.
Draw on various sources (including recording material) to provide a solid basis for a creative writing piece.
Plan and produce drafts, which includes developing a formal plan for your idea, structuring and shaping the concept, and documenting reflections on the decisions made.
Produce a final written piece demonstrating evidence of editing and attention to structure.
Target a particular reading audience for a piece of work and articulate the reason for that choice.
Reflect on your own work by positively receiving and responding to critical feedback from others, and evaluating your writing to identify strengths and areas for improvement.

Assessment within this course is through a development of a portfolio.

The achievement of OCN NI Level 2 qualifications in vocational skills, of which this unit is a component, is designed to enable progression to further OCN NI qualifications and/or into employment in a variety of areas of skill and knowledge.