Writing Workshops

August 1-3, 2025

Lower Queensbury, NB, Canada

The Weekend Writing workshop is held at the beautiful Roaring 20s B&B in Lower Queensbury, NB, Canada.

Rooms are available if you want to stay over for the workshop. Workshop attendees get a 10% discount on reservations.
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Short Story Challenge

In the SHORT STORY CHALLENGE, participants start with a blank page and end with 1000 to 1500 words of polished prose over the course of one weekend.

Learn and apply the complete process from story seed to story tree.

Details

Friday evening

The creation stage: We examine premises and a five-phase plot method. Participants generate one to three possible story ideas.

Saturday morning

The development stage: We focus on writing. Participants choose a main character, a setting, and a problem. Writing sprints intersperse with sharing and trouble-shooting.

Saturday afternoon

The Revision stage: What do you do when your story’s written? When do you check grammar? How do you know if the story’s any good? What do you fix first? Ann LM Kitching presents a step-by-step editing process that participants apply immediately.

    Saturday evening

    The other elements: artwork, etc.

    Sunday morning

    We then go through all the steps to publish our anthology of stories on amazon.ca.