This 2006 case study relates to Sue Clayton's MASTFIR MA programme. MASTFIR was created in response to a lack of methodological work having been done on how writers write and how academics and teachers can best provide a framework of critical support for their writing. The teaching of screenwriting has borrowed from creative writing courses on the one hand and vocational film/TV industry training and “How-to” manuals on the other.
Good courses try to negotiate this interface of creative writing and the notion of a reception context and peer review of work if methodically and responsibly used can be a constructive bridging tool here. MASTFIR provides training in more rigorous peer review practice through a series of group exercises and through ongoing work done by the students and tutor monitoring of the course web forum.
