You can now attend special modules as part of a year-long course at MKCW. Pursue a particular area of writing and explore several key sections. Includes videos, support reading and access to a weekly creative workshop of your choice. You can even include one or more of our delightful Irish literature programs!
Writing Modules: 12 weeks.
Literature Modules: 8 weeks.
Check out our unrivalled selection below!!
SPRING 2025
Courses designed and presented by Dr Martin Keaveney / Associate
Creative Writing: MEMOIR
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 lived experiences with sensitivity and effectiveness? How do we find a home for our work so readers of the world can share it? Submit up to 2,000 words each week and receive feedback. Includes support readings. This is a powerful and enjoyable new course from MKCW – Committed to Excellence. Course Outline
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
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 practice can enrich all aspects of lifestyle while also providing valuable transferable skills. The objective of the course is to ignite a creative practice that will increase productivity in the workplace and home life and also encourage creative fulfilment in leisure time.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
Creative Writing: POETRY
Join us 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.
This a very special and unique opportunity to enjoy and develop your poetic talent.
Send queries to info@martinkeaveney,.com
Submit poetry each week as desired and receive typed feedback from lecturer.
Creative Writing: Historical Fiction
Join us 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 the field.
Send queries to info@martinkeaveney,.com
Submit writing each week as desired and receive typed feedback from lecturer.
Creative Writing: THRILLER
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 a publishing contract? What do we need to do to enthrall a commercial agent? Submit up to 2,000 words each week and receive feedback. Includes support readings. This is a superb opportunity for new or improving thriller writers for MKCW – Committed to Excellence.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
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 postmodernist practices. We also focus on various conventions in writing for live performance and assist in preparing your work for submission to production companies. This is a really exiting journey through a wide range of theatrical writing. You will submit scripts for the stage each week and receive detailed feedback. Includes support readings. This is a superb opportunity for new or improving thriller writers for MKCW – Committed to Excellence.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage (no pun intended!) Full course outline
Creative Writing: FANTASY
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 scifi and fantasy at a really effective, practical level. We look at the key elements that achieve the goals of any sci fi or fantasy project and look to achieve a publishable proposal that will engage any industry reader. Submit up to 2,000 words each week and receive feedback. Includes support readings.This is a super opportunity to achieve your goals as a sci fi or fantasy writer – delivered by MKCW – Committed to Excellence.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
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 one that will be a commercial success. Writers should have a specific project in advance. The course will be primarily focussed on the development of writer’s projects for the commercial marketplace, however we will use some novels as a case study. Submit up to 2,000 words each week and receive feedback. Includes support readings.This is a super opportunity to achieve your goals as a commercial novelist – delivered by MKCW – Committed to Excellence.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects from early draft stage onwards.
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 of short form writing, including the short story, flash fiction, micro-fiction, prose-poetry and short form in several genres. The course caters for those simply wanting to write explore this form as a hobby, but also for those intending to develop a career as a professional author. Submit up to 2,000 words each week and receive feedback. Includes support readings. Start here with this a super opportunity to achieve your goals as a short story writer – delivered by MKCW – Committed to Excellence. Course Outline
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
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 wanting to write stories for their children (or grandchildren) but also for those intending to develop a career as a children’s book author. Submit up to 2,000 words each week and receive feedback. Includes support readings. Start here with this a super opportunity to achieve your goals as a children’s book writer – delivered by MKCW – Committed to Excellence.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
Creative Writing: HORROR
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 publishable proposal that will engage any industry reader. We will explore psychological horror, gore and other cross-genre proposals. Submit up to 2,000 words each week and receive feedback. Includes support readings. This is a super opportunity to achieve your goals as a horror writer – delivered by MKCW – Committed to Excellence.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
Writing the Past
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 any historical project. Submit up to 2,000 words each week and receive feedback. Includes support readings. Start here with this a super opportunity to achieve your goals as a historical writer – delivered by MKCW – Committed to Excellence.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
Creative Writing: COMEDY
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. We look at the nuances of comedy writing, the challenges of audiences and look to achieve a publishable proposal that will engage an industry reader/audience. Submit up to 2,000 words each week and receive feedback. Includes support readings. This is a super opportunity to achieve your goals as a comic writer – delivered by MKCW – Committed to Excellence.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
Creative Writing: Poems & Prose-Poetry
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. Submit poems each week. Option to share and receive feedback at weekly workshop. Includes Final Project submission. This is a powerful and enjoyable new course on poetry from MKCW – Committed to Excellence.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
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 and experienced scriptwriters welcome. All genres accepted. Includes 1-1 tuition options and Guest Speakers. We look at the process of scriptwriting, formats, adaptations, different formats such as animation, developing characters and effective storylines. We also look at financing and getting your work produced. Submit up to 20 script pages each week and receive feedback. Includes support readings + Final Project of 120 script pages. This is a super opportunity to achieve your goals as a scriptwriter – delivered by MKCW – Committed to Excellence. Course Outline
All levels welcome. Projects at any stage.
LITERATURE CATALOGUE
From the comfort of your home!
Join us for our wonderful Irish literature catalogue 2025 on Zoom.
Irish Literature: From Macken to Meehan
We will journey through over a century of Irish writing, taking particular note of the development of Irish writing though this period of enormous change. With in-depth videos, high levle support readings, excerpts, newspaper pieces and an in-depth discussion each week with an expert turo, this will be a very rewarding, enjoyable and productive program. Ideal for those with a keen interest in literature, ireland and those contemplating a future in academic study. With several written assignments throughout and a final essay project (all optional!) which will receive expert feedback, this course represents a uniquely accessible opportunity to experience a university level module from the comfort of your home. Please do get in touch to ask any questions. Please email info@martinkeaveney.com.
Monday 13th January 2025 8-10pm & for 8 weeks (No session February 2nd)
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 come to a fascinating and rich understanding of the layered operation of fine literature. This course is designed for literary enthusiasts, those with a particular interest in Irish literature and culture and those interest in pursuing more formal study. Presented by Dr Martin Keaveney / Associate.
Monday 12th May 2025 8-10pm & for 8 weeks ( No session June 2nd).
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 Ghríofa. The sessions will be supported by a weekly video, several readings of the works and commentary, plus other media where available. The course will be a very enjoyable and rewarding tour of 20th/21st century poetry, with the overarching question of what is Irish Poetry? What has the shape of Irish Poetry been over the past century? Where is it going next? Suitable for enthusiasts of Irish Literature at all levels and those considering study of English at University.
Monday 15th September 2025 8-10pm & for 8 weeks (No session October 27th).
SUBMISSIONS CLINIC
6.00-6.30pm 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
- Submission etiquette
- Other specialised aspects of submissions
During the session, we will also work on submitting to each one of your respective lists. We will review the weekly subs, discuss responses and further submissions strategies as we progress toward getting your work to the readers of the world. The focus of each session will be solely on the submission process. The objective of the clinic is to increase your weekly submissions to industry, whether that is an agent, publisher or magazine editor, thereby significantly increasing the likelihood of publication. Also open to screenwriters & playwrights. I will help you personalise your query, bio and improve your sample where required.
All mediums/levels welcome. Projects should be ready for submission.
This is a super opportunity to achieve your goals as a writer – delivered by MKCW – Committed to Excellence.
Ask a question — Speak direct at 0876007100 – Request a complimentary 1-1 consult via WhatsAPP
We also have an array of scholars in our associate panel so if there is a particular literature course you would like, let us know and we will surely match you with the right course.
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