Selected texts should include texts that exemplify writing styles as well as those that comment on writing so that students have opportunities to:
imitate specific aspects of writing – narrative, character, point of view, argument, figurative language, genre, perspective and style
write in a range of forms and for different contexts
explain the effects of their writing choices for audiences and purposes
reflect on their own writing as required by the module. (NESA )
Mastering the craft of writing by Dictionary meaning of DISCURSIVE:
Tending to digress from the main point; rambling. From https://www.yourdictionary.com/discursive
The Turning by 
For Esme, with love and squalor by Some well known readers speak about the stories that have resonated with them.
The Road by 
The True History of the Kelly Gang by 
Jane Eyre by 
Wuthering Heights by 
Bleak House by Charles Dickens.This is a free edition with Project Gutenberg. The prose of this novel will stay with you. It has an enduring quality mainly because of the language Dickens attributes to his characters. The plot is as complex as the legal case it refers to. Dickens is a masterful storyteller. It is a huge novel, not for those afraid of reading...but when the book is this good, what does page number matter? Skilful students may take up the Dickens baton and run with creating their own quirky characters using unique dialogue and descriptive language, as well as creative naming techniques.
Pride and prejudice by 
A fence around the cuckoo by 
The Secret River by 
Burial rites by 
The Book thief by 
Ms Smilla's feeling for snow by 
Lessons in Chemistry by 
Hamnet by 
The Grapes of Wrath by 
The Great Alone by