Creative Writing: Single Project – CHRISTMAS EXPRESS

Creative Writing: Single Project – CHRISTMAS EXPRESS

Get your dream writing project up and running this Christmas!

This course is designed for those writers who wish to spend the festive period intensively creating or developing  a single project of any length and in any genre or medium.  Sessions will run on Mondays and Thursdays and writers will work to have a final project for submission by the middle of January.

Writers must have a formed idea to bring to the course which indicates its proposed overall structure and content. Part of the project might be already written but this is not required. Over the course, writers will submit sections for discussion at a weekly workshop with other writers. Projects can be in any genre or medium including novels, short stories, poetry, sci-fi, horror, crime, relationships, memoir, comedy, plays, films, TV shows, nonfiction, historical fiction, fantasy and radio plays amongst others. Alumni of other MKCW courses are very welcome as well as writers of some experience. Includes some discussion of the writing craft, 12 creative workshops and post-course editorial response to a submission sample of 15,000 words, synopsis and formal query letter to publishers/agents/production companies. Limited Places.

About the facilitator
Dr Martin Keaveney has been facilitating creative writing courses at Galway Arts Centre since 2018. He also lectures on Irish Literature at NUIG's Autumn Series. His second novelThe Mackon Countrywill be published shortly byPenniless Press, UK.  This follows his debut novelDelia Meade(2020) and his debut collection of stories,The Rainy Day(2018) (Penniless Press). Short fiction has been published in many literary journals in Ireland, UK and US. He has also written for the screen and his writing has been produced and exhibited at many international film festivals and on broadcast television. His scholarship has been published widely, including at the peer-reviewed journalsNew Hibernia Review,Estudios Irlandesesand theJournal of Franco-Irish Studies and work forthcoming at theCanadian Journal of Irish Studies. He has a B.A. in English and Italian, an M.A in English (Writing) and a Ph.D. from NUIG (Creative Writing and Textual Studies). He was awarded the Sparanacht Ui Eithir for his research in 2016 and the NUIG Write-Up Bursary in 2018.
See more at www [dot] martinkeaveney [dot] com.

Testimonials
'Excellent support from tutor'
'Enormously helpful and generous writer's workshop'
'[Martin] takes a genuine interest in his students'
'An engaging speaker who listens and answers questions in a useful way'
'[Martin's] guidance is excellent'
'Very enjoyable and engaging'
'I looked forward to the class every week, each week I became more and more inspired to go home and work on my projects' [Evening Course]
'Thoroughly enjoyed the day' [One Day Course]

Remote attendance options
INTERACTIVE – attend interactive Video Conference discussion (Zoom) 6.30 – 7.45 weekly & receive material by email including video of a recorded lecture each week

EMAIL – receive material by email with a video of a prerecorded lecture each week

PHONE – phone in to hear interactive class and receive material by email with a video of a prerecorded lecture each week

POST – receive material by email with a podcast on USB key of a prerecorded lecture each week

FLEXI – meet tutor remotely for 30 minute discussion weekly at mutual time and receive all course material by email

Combinations of the above available at no extra cost, please enquire. All remote courses cost the same

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