Journal article
The Writing Collective: a cross-university collaboration between undergraduate creative writing students
Text: The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs, Vol.Special Issue: 59
2020
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Abstract
Online publishing platforms present opportunities for emerging writers to both share
their work with an audience and to engage in a critical dialogue with peers. However,
the potential of these platforms remains largely untapped in a tertiary education
environment, even with the increasing focus on online learning. This paper presents the
results of a pilot project that matched undergraduate students at a metropolitan
university with students at a regionally based university to use the digital platform
Wattpad as a site for creative writing peer critique. We found that while Wattpad
presents a number of benefits for students engaging both across universities and online,
digital spaces present unique challenges for the critique process. Critiquing often relies
on trust and personal bonds in order to be effective, and these can be harder to establish
in a digital environment. Wattpad also presents barriers to ease of use and ease of
communication. From our perspective as facilitators of the Writing Collective, we
examine the successes produced by the collaboration, as well as the drawbacks, and
suggest further avenues for research.
Details
- Title
- The Writing Collective: a cross-university collaboration between undergraduate creative writing students
- Creators
- Alex Philp (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyEmma Doolan (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityRohan Wilson (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication Details
- Text: The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs, Vol.Special Issue: 59
- Publisher
- Australian Association of Writing Programs
- Identifiers
- 991012893899902368
- Academic Unit
- Humanities; School of Arts and Social Sciences; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article