Ireland's dreamiest place to start your writing journey

Writing Workshops

With Best-Selling Author & Creative Writing Teacher,

Nicola Kearns.

 

Courses & Fees

Weekend and Midweek Workshops: Two night private bedroom plus private outdoor space, including breakfast and lunch/tea breaks & 4 workshops/a private half hour one-on-one guidance plus follow up emails/and talk by renowned guest author = €420.00.  €50 deposits (non-refundable secures your place).

TUESDAY 28th JUNE 2022

One day Short Story Writing Course: Write a short story in one day – the Nicola Kearns way! 

Start with nothing & watch your words flow. At the end of the day each participant will publish their brand new short story LIVE on my website.  Your writing or spelling ability does not matter here. All that matters is your will to make a story.

Workshops (4) including Lunch €95. €20 deposit on booking secures your place. 

To book text 087 6362247 or email [email protected]

ABOUT

Dreamed of writing a novel?
Writing for magazines?
Don’t know where to start?

I know how that feels. I have been where you are now. 

The first short story I ever had published, was when I was 23 years old. I forget now what the heading of the story was, but it was for ‘She’ UK magazine. I wrote about how I felt. Simple as that. And how I felt was angry. Angry at how women were being treated in the Catholic Church. I wrote from my heart. I wrote from experience. And it was published. And I got £50 for it, which was a lot of money then. What thrilled me the most, apart from seeing my story in print in a well known magazine, was the feedback I got from it. Women sent letters to me via the magazine, giving me their own stories and this encouraged me to write more. Since then, I have written many short stories for magazines and anthologies, and to me, the foremost important thing about writing a short story, is that it comes from the heart. 

I believe every person in this world has a book inside them. But it is difficult to get time to write a book. A short story … I know you have all written one in your life. Or thought of one, or one runs through your head every day. Let me show you how to get that story finished and printed, in a magazine, or the beginning of your own short story book. I would love to help you to do this. 

Nicola Kearns, best-selling author of The Maltese Trilogy – ‘Under a Maltese Sky, The Azure Window, ‘All The Seas Between’ and a book of short stories ‘Patches’, gives you the opportunity to devote a dedicated space to your writing in a peaceful environment. A private place for you to be inspired, to fire your imagination and to work through the process of composing your work in manageable stages.

This Rural Writing Workshop is based in a newly restored 19th Century cottage, situated in the quiet countryside of County Leitrim; an absolute unmissable spot for writers of all kinds and backgrounds.

Dreamed of writing a novel?
Writing for magazines?
Don’t know where to start?
That is what I am here for … at my Rural Writer’s Workshop. A newly restored 19th Century cottage, situated in the quiet countryside of County Leitrim.
Organised writing workshops are time for you – an opportunity to devote a dedicated space to your writing, in a peaceful environment. A private place for you to be inspired, to fire your imagination and to work through the process of composing your work in manageable stages. Workshops are run by the wonderfully supportive and vibrant leadership of writer, author and qualified creative writing teacher, Nicola Kearns.