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1 document(s) — broad guide below. Official PDF will appear here and count will increase when you upload.
Creative Writing is a 2-credit Skill Enhancement Course (SEC) under Delhi University's UGCF 2022, taught in 2025-26 as a 0 lecture, 0 tutorial, 2 practical (p.1 credit table). As per the official syllabus on academicaffairs.du.ac.in, the course is organised as three hands-on blocks — Unit 1 Introduction to Creative Writing (18 hours) on imagination, tropes/motifs, figure of speech and character creation; Unit 2 Close Reading and proofreading/editing (18 hours); and Unit 3 Steps/types of creative writing (24 hours) covering poetry, fiction, non-fiction and drama with submission/publication workshops. Unit 3 includes writing sessions for poetry (tone/rhyme/metre), fiction (short story/novella/novel), non-fiction (biography/autobiography) and drama (plot/character/climax) (p.2). Evaluation is 'as per guidelines notified by the University of Delhi' (p.3); no printed 100-mark table in this PDF. Examiners expect original samples, not definitions; students lose marks when they describe poetry without scanning a poem or when fiction submissions lack character arc and dialogue, which workshops in Unit 1 and 3 are meant to fix. For revision, map each PYQ to its unit — middle units repeat most — and confirm your college's exact paper code before the exam, as SEC codes vary by theme (as of 12 Sept 2026).
The detailed guide above covers Units 1-4, exam pattern and preparation. When the precise IMP Q&A PDF is uploaded, it will appear above with an IMP Q tag.
Creative Writing is a 2-credit SEC under DU's UGCF/NEP 2022 for Semesters 3-5, open to BA/BSc/BCom. This Important Questions collection for Creative Writing is curated from UGCF syllabus Units and 2023-2025 PYQ patterns to help you prioritize. For Creative Writing, middle Units (2-3) are most repeated and carry 55-60% weight — start there, not Unit 1.
Why IMP for Creative Writing matters: Important Questions are not a replacement for the syllabus — they are a prioritization tool. For Creative Writing, IMP Qs are selected by analysing which Units and topics were most frequently asked in previous years, and which are most likely to be asked next based on UGCF Learning Objectives.
Detailed Units for Creative Writing (UGCF — verify):
Important Questions — Creative Writing (Broad researched list — 8 Qs, 2 per Unit, verify from college):
How to use these IMP for Creative Writing — and what is still on its way: For Creative Writing, make a one-page outline per Unit (heading + 4 bullets + one diagram/table), then solve one PYQ per Unit to see pattern. Time-box each Unit to two days. The 8 Qs above are broad and researched to help you start — they cover the most repeated Units for Creative Writing. The precise, verified exact IMP Q&A PDF for Creative Writing (with detailed answers) may be added later with an IMP Q tag. Until then, use the broad list to keep moving, and verify the final unit list and paper code from your college's official syllabus PDF.
Exam pattern and marking for Creative Writing: For Creative Writing, the paper is typically theory plus practical/internal assessment — often 50-75 marks theory with 25 marks internal/practical, or 2-credit evaluation via continuous assessment, presentations and a semester-end exam. Questions are a mix of short notes (5-6 marks) and applied long answers (10-15 marks) drawn directly from the four Units. For Creative Writing, examiners look for unit-wise structure, one relevant example or tool per answer, and a clear conclusion. For practical SECs like Creative Writing, viva and file work carry significant weight — keep your file ready.
Not yet — this page shows a broad researched list. Check your college handout for the final version.
Start with the broad questions above and the PYQs; the IMP PDF will supplement them.
