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Martin Keaveney Creative Writing
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Martin Keaveney Creative Writing provides an exciting range of Creative Writing courses online with innovative content and delivery. Courses cover a range of genres and mediums, including realism, sci-fi, crime, relationships, horror, comedy, nonfiction, fantasy, memoir, radio, film, stage and others. If you are a beginner, writing some years or an experienced author looking to develop a project, you will find something useful to you here. Courses are available via video conference (Zoom), emails, phone and even post. We aim to deliver the best possible experience to every writer that registers for a course. Check out what previous and current participants say: www.martinkeaveney.com/testimonials
Benefits of MKCW courses
· Weekly feedback from class tutor
· Friendly and constructive workshop with other writers
· Weekly tutorial on a range of contemporary & classical writing forms
· Weekly tutorial on elements of writing craft
· Superb addition to CV
· Eligible for Continuing Professional Development activity
· Completion Certificate Available
· Post course Editorial Response to your work
· Long-lasting connections and friendships
· Nourishing social activity
| Creative Writing: Intermediate - REMOTE CREATIVE WRITING: INTERMEDIATE Would you like to develop your writing craft and develop your work for publication? Have you been working on a writing project for a while and want to move onto the next level? Explore genres such as comedy, fantasy, memoir and radio writing in this innovative new course for intermediate writers. The… |
| Creative Writing: ONE DAY COURSE – MULLINGAR Have you ever wanted to write short stories or even try a novel? Have you dreamed of seeing your play on stage, your film on screen, or even stunning audiences with your poetry? Get started with creative writing in this exciting new one-day course. Learn the basics of craft, getting started, editing your work, and preparing… |
| MKCW -- Screenwriting MKCW — SCREENWRITING Writing movies and TV scripts is perhaps one of the most exciting areas of creative writing. Do you like the idea of your characters and scenes entertaining audiences on the big or small screen? Make the first steps toward achieving high level screenplays for film or television in this specialist course. Beginners… |
| Creative Writing: Advanced - REMOTE This Creative Writing course is designed for those firmly committed to their writing as a hobby or as a career. Writers may have a writing project or projects they wish to work on for the duration of the course. Participants with no specific project may wish to spend the early weeks finalizing their choice of… |
| Creative Writing: Complete - REMOTE Creative Writing: Complete is a complete creative writing course. It is designed for both the new writer and those with some experience. Alumni from previous MKCW courses are also very welcome. All Participants attend a weekly seminar from April to March where their writing is read and discussed regularly (This course runs adjacent to ‘Creative… |
| Creative Writing: FUNNY FRIDAY Do you want to build a career as a professional writer? One of the best places to do that is in comedy. Progress through a variety of options for those wishing to work in humour, including stand-up, TV, theatre, and many others. Start here with this specialist course which explores this area of creative writing at a really effective, practical level.… |
| Creative Writing: Historical Fiction - REMOTE Creative Writing: Historical Fiction Join writer and scholar Dr Laura Healy for this fantastic new course for this wishing to begin or complete a Historical Fiction project. Enjoy a highly rewarding series of lectures & creative workshops in this area. This a very special and unique opportunity to enjoy and develop your Historical Fiction project with an expert in… |
| Creative Writing: Historical Fiction - REMOTE CLASS Creative Writing: Historical Fiction Join writer and scholar Dr Laura Healy for this fantastic new course for this wishing to begin or complete a Historical Fiction project. Enjoy a highly rewarding series of lectures & creative workshops in this area. This a very special and unique opportunity to enjoy and develop your Historical Fiction project with an expert in… |
| Creative Writing: Introduction - REMOTE Have you ever wanted to write short stories or even try a novel? Have you dreamed of seeing your play on stage, your film on screen, or even stunning audiences with your poetry? Join a wonderful online creative writing course enjoyed by hundreds of writers since 2020. The course introduces participants to the craft of… |
| Creative Writing: PLAYWRITING Creative Writing: PLAYWRITING Do you want to build a career as a professional playwright? This is one of the oldest and most exciting artforms. See your scenes on paper ultimately come alive on stage! We go through the various forms of theatrical story-telling and performance, including Greek theatre, medieval parades, renaissance, Jacobean plays, romanticisms, realism, modernism and… |
| MKCW -- APRIL N PARIS Do you love Paris in the Springtime? Looking for a high-level writing event? Your dream has come true! Make significant progress on a writing project amongst the haunts of many great writers of the past! Follow Moore, Joyce and Beckett to the great capital of European culture! 30 hours of high-level seminars available over… |
| MKCW -- Screenwriting online class MKCW — SCREENWRITING Writing movies and TV scripts is perhaps one of the most exciting areas of creative writing. Do you like the idea of your characters and scenes entertaining audiences on the big or small screen? Make the first steps toward achieving high level screenplays for film or television in this specialist course. Beginners… |
| Creative Writing - ELEMENTS OF FICTION This twelve-week course is designed for new and aspiring writers seeking inspiration and guidance on writing fiction. The course will provide writing exercises and advice on techniques and look at the different elements involved in creating stories, from character to plot, description and voice. Providing gentle feedback, it will give budding writers the chance to… |
| Creative Writing - ELEMENTS OF FICTION (Mondays) CREATIVE WRITING: ELEMENTS OF FICTION Starting on Monday April 15th, we are offering an exciting new course, Elements of Fiction, which covers everything you need to know about writing fiction, as well as giving you the chance to see your work in print. This twelve-week course is designed for new and aspiring writers seeking inspiration and… |
| Creative Writing - TUESDAY THRILLER 8-10pm every Tuesday Do you want to build a career as a professional writer? One of the best places to do that is writing thriller and crime novels. Start your journey in this specialist course where we look at various forms of the genre, including detective novels, action thrillers and spy dramas. What is… |
| Creative Writing - TUESDAY THRILLER 3-4 pm every Tuesday Do you want to build a career as a professional writer? One of the best places to do that is writing thriller and crime novels. Start your journey in this specialist course where we look at various forms of the genre, including detective novels, action thrillers and spy dramas. What is it that that wills secure… |
| Creative Writing 1 on 1 MENTORSHIP Would you like high-level personalised attention to your writing journey? Meet Martin or Associate each week for a 60 minute 1-1 session in Zoom or In-Person at a mutually convenient time and discuss your progress, your weekly submission and your options in publish or producing. Includes weekly written feedback, a final project submission of 5,000… |
| Creative Writing: Commercial Novels Creative Writing: Commercial Novels This specialist course covers all genre novels that fit into a commercial category. It is designed to help writers who are writing for a wide audience. We will look at the differences between a draft and a polished commercial novel. We will explore the vital elements that convince agents and publishers that your manuscript is… |
| Creative Writing: Historical Writing 12.00-1.00pm every Thursday Would you like to transport reader or viewers into the past? Do you like the idea of writing within a famous period in history? With this specialist course, you can learn powerful research techniques and explore drafting a creative project within a rigid framework of events. Opens to historical fiction writers and also those compiling… |
| Creative Writing: Intermediate 8.00-10.00pm every Thursday CREATIVE WRITING: INTERMEDIATE Would you like to develop your writing craft and develop your work for publication? Have you been working on a writing project for a while and want to move onto the next level? Explore genres such as comedy, fantasy, memoir and radio writing in this innovative new course for… |
| Creative Writing: Introduction - CLAREMORRIS Creative Writing: Single Project – CLAREMORRIS This course is designed for those writers who wish to spend a sustained period of time working on a single project of any length. Writers may have a formed idea to bring to the course which indicates its proposed overall structure and content. Part of the project might be… |
| Creative Writing: Introduction - DUN LAOGHAIRE CREATIVE WRITING: DUN LAOGHAIRE Join us for an exciting 8 week course in Dun Laoghaire this Spring. Open to all levels of writer. We will explore different key elements of writing craft and you can develop your writing on a current project or start something new. You can also submit a piece for consideration by… |
| Creative Writing: Introduction -- MULLINGAR Creative Writing: Introduction — MULLINGAR with Martin / Associate Lecturer If you have ever wanted to write, you will enjoy this new course starting in Mullingar. In the course, we will cover starting to write, editing, publishing your writing. We will also explore various genres including Realism, Crime, Scifi, Horror and Relationships. Participants in the course will… |
| Creative Writing: Introduction -- MULLINGAR Creative Writing: Introduction — MULLINGAR with Dr Simon Thomas If you have ever wanted to write, you will enjoy this new course starting in Mullingar. In the course, we will cover starting to write, editing, publishing your writing. We will also explore various genres including Realism, Crime, Scifi, Horror and Relationships. Participants in the course will also… |
| Creative Writing: MONDAY MEMOIR Creative Writing: MONDAY MEMOIR 10-11 every Monday Morning Start writing your memoir in this specialist class. We will explore different types of memoir and also touch into areas of biography, autobiography and fictional memoir. What is the power of memory? How do we work with real people, places and things, how do we treat our… |
| Creative Writing: One Day Course - CARLOW Have you ever wanted to write short stories or even try a novel? Have you dreamed of seeing your play on stage, your film on screen, or even stunning audiences with your poetry? Get started with creative writing in this exciting new one-day course. Learn the basics of craft, getting started, editing your work, and… |
| Creative Writing: One Day Course - CARLOW Have you ever wanted to write short stories or even try a novel? Have you dreamed of seeing your play on stage, your film on screen, or even stunning audiences with your poetry? Get started with creative writing in this exciting new one-day course. Learn the basics of craft, getting started, editing your work, and preparing… |
| Creative Writing: POETRY - REMOTE Creative Writing: POETRY Join Manchester poet and scholar Dr Lauren McLean for this fantastic new course for poets at all levels. Enjoy a highly rewarding series of lectures & creative workshops which will develop and nurture poets who are new to poetry and also provide key supports to those composing a first or subsequent collection.… |
| Creative Writing: Poetry and Prose-Poetry Creative Writing: POETRY & PROSE-POETRY 8-10pm on Fridays Start writing poems and prose-poetry in this specialist class. We begin with language and proceed through aspects of rhythm and form, look at prose-poetry and styles, leading to various types of poetry including abstract and realist. We will also look at the process of publishing your poetry.… |
| Creative Writing: Portfolio - REMOTE COURSE Creative Writing: Portfolio is an exciting new one-year course which provides writers an opportunity to develop, progress and ultimately gain specialised evaluation of a portfolio of writing/long form manuscript or novel and synopsis up to 50,000 words. Other forms are welcome including poetry, film and television, stage plays and many other creative writing proposals. Participants… |
| Creative Writing: Short Fiction Creative Writing : Short Fiction One of the most satisfying areas of creative writing is short fiction. It is also a powerful route into professional creative writing. Explore image-driven writing, and poetic prose, tell thought-provoking stories or compose within popular genres. Now you can attend a really high-quality course that specifically brings you through several types… |
| Creative Writing: Single Project - REMOTE Creative Writing: Single Project This Creative Writing course is designed for those writers who wish to spend a sustained period of time working on a single project of any length. Writers should have a formed idea to bring to the course which indicates its proposed overall structure and content. Part of the project might be… |
| Creative Writing: SUBMISSIONS CLINIC 5.30-6.30pm every Friday Submitting writing is an incredibly long and arduous process for all writers. Would you be interested in a weekly submissions clinic session? You will definitely submit more work! Clinic content: Creating your personal list Sending effective correspondence Use of specific platforms Effective responses to requests Maintaining a regular submissions practice Magazine customs Journal customs… |
| Creative Writing: The Short Form CREATIVE WRITING: THE SHORT FORM The Short Form course includes a mixture of short fiction and short non-fiction. Presenting an array of short-form masterful pieces by such literary giants as George Orwell, P.G. Wodehouse, and G.K. Chesterton, the Short Form course inspires and challenges readers to investigate what it takes to produce both a sophisticated… |
| Creative Writing: THE SHORT STORY Get prepared for all writing opportunities in the New Year with the specialist course. With Joshua Smith Through the sessions, Joshua will provide clear guidelines on writing, editing and publishing a short story. Suitable for all levels of writer. Delivered via interactive online class. Includes weekly video, slides and support readings for Weeks 1-8. If you would… |
| Creative Writing: THURSDAY TERROR 8-10pm every Thursday Do you want to strike fear in to readers? Have you considered a career as a horror writer? Start here with this specialist course which explores the parameters of this exciting area at a really effective, practical level. We look at the key elements that achieve the goals of any horror project and look to achieve a… |
| Creative Writing: WEDNESDAY WONDER 8-10pm every Wednesday Think you can entice readers into another world or even universe? Have you the imagination to drive viewers wild with wonder? Start here with this specialist course which explores the parameters of sci-fi and fantasy at a really effective, practical level. We look at the key elements that achieve the goals… |
| Creative Writing: WEDNESDAY WONDER 10-11 every Wednesday Morning Think you can entice readers into another world or even universe? Have you the imagination to drive viewers wild with wonder? Start here with this specialist course which explores the parameters of sci-fi and fantasy at a really effective, practical level. We look at the key elements that achieve the… |
| Creative Writing: Writing for Children 8.00-10.00pm every Wednesday Creative Writing: Writing for Children Do you want to build a career as a writer of children’s literature? Now you can attend a really high-quality course that specifically brings you through each stage of writing for children, engaging with all age groups and provide high level attention to your writing project. The course caters for those simply… |
| Creative Writing: Writing for Children 8.00-10.00pm every Thursday Creative Writing: Writing for Children Do you want to build a career as a writer of children’s literature? Now you can attend a really high-quality course that specifically brings you through each stage of writing for children, engaging with all age groups and provide high level attention to your writing project. The course caters for those simply… |
| Creative Writing: Writing the Past 8-10pm every Thursday Would you like to transport reader or viewers into the past? Do you like the idea of writing within a famous period in history? With this specialist course, you can learn powerful research techniques and explore drafting a creative project within a rigid framework of events. Opens to historical fiction writers and also those… |
| CWA3 - CREATIVE WRITING - ANTHOLOGY CWA3 — Creative Writing: ANTHOLOGY Complete a poem, prose or short essay for an upcoming anthology in this high-level course suitable for all levels. We will discuss aspects of getting work published for your readers but also attend to various aspects of craft, such as drafting, editing and preparing for industry. Writers will develop various… |
| GUEST LECTURE AUTUMN SERIES 2023 MKCW are delighted to announce our Guest Lecture Autumn Series 2023. Enjoy a wide range of expertise from our Associates within a fascinating Autumn programme. All sessions via Zoom. Don’t miss this rare opportunity! Monday 28th August at 8pm POETRY with Dr Lauren McLean Book here Wednesday 30th August at 8pm HISTORICAL FICTION with… |
| MKCW - MORE24 MKCW – MORE24 Would you like to write MORE in 24? Join MCKW this November for some key presentations on getting your story, poems, film, plays and novels written, revised and published/produced in 2024. Guest speakers have published stories & novels and seen work staged and filmed. Learn how to write, edit and publish poems, stories, films, plays… |
| MKCW - SEASON OF SHADOWS MKCW – SEASON OF SHADOWS Interested in the Genre where the more awful the story — the better? Join MCKW this November for some spooky sessions on Zoom with a series of guest speakers. Please check out the sinister list below — if you dare. Learn how to write, edit and publish horrific … |
| MKCW MASTERS 24 Commit yourself to one year of expert tuition and a wide range of classes and workshops with this new unique opportunity at MKCW. Provides everything on most accredited Masters courses plus an additional semester of beyond uni-level tuition. Enjoy your course through our exciting new University level learning suite. Aspects 3 Semesters of 1-1 Sessions (x36) (Interactive video… |
| Writing for Well-Being In this course, we will explore the ways creative writing can enhance well-being. We will look at how the regular practice of writing enhances time & space management, appreciation of artistic achievement, productivity and leads to the development of rewarding creative projects both in the home and in the workplace. We will learn how this… |
| WRITING MASTERCLASS - NEW YORK CITY This Fall, enjoy a unique opportunity in New York City to attend a highly focussed one day writing Masterclass with narratologist and author Dr Martin Keaveney. We will be personalising the day to specifically attend to the writing objectives of all in attendance. Dr Keaveney can also meet participants in advance on Zoom to discuss… |
| Y1 - Course for younger writers NEXT GENERATION WRITERS… Do you run a childcare centre or afterschool? We now provide special writing courses for the next generation of writers! Get in touch to learn more about our wonderful Young Writer courses! Available 3.30-5.30 on Weekdays at your centre nationwide! (From age 7-up!) All our tutors have… |
| Irish Literature - Plunkett to Rooney - Spaces & Places MKCW: Plunkett to Rooney – Spaces & Places This new course is designed to bring readers through the spaces and places of a series of fine works of Irish literature. We begin with the claustrophobic bar in James Plunkett’s short story, and progress through a series of varied settings culminating in the modern novel Normal… |
| Irish Literature - Text in Context - REMOTE Irish Literature – Text in Context – University Level Module (Introduction Level Course of Study) This series on Irish Literature will explore the text and context contribution of a broad range of Irish writers from an Ireland in the late 19th century, where writers felt compelled to leave Ireland to pursue their art, up to… |
| Irish Literature - Time & Times In this specially designed course we consider several important works of Irish literature through the lens of Time. How does the time application of the story affect the content? What is the difference between story-time and real-time? How do characters interact with their past, presents and futures? By exploring this aspects of each work we… |
| Irish Literature: Poets & Poetry IRISH LITERATURE – POETS & POETRY This exciting new course investigates a series of poets and poetry starting early in the 20th century and working our way up to the present day. Poets featured in this program are George William Russell/AE, Denis Devlin, Derek Mahon, Leland Bardwell, Eavan Boland, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Dylan Brennan and Doireann Ní… |
| Irish Literature: Time & Times Time & Times In this specially designed course we consider several important works of Irish literature through the lens of Time. How does the time application of the story affect the content? What is the difference between story-time and real-time? How do characters interact with their past, presents and futures? By exploring this aspects of… |
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