Writing Workshops
21-23 November, 2025
Lower Queensbury, NB, Canada
The Weekend Writing workshop is held at the beautiful Roaring 20s B&B in Lower Queensbury, NB, Canada.
Suites are available starting at $95/night if you want to stay over for the workshop.
For more information about the B&B and to register CLICK HERE
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.
Cost: $350 for the weekend, including lunch and dinner on Saturday, tea, coffee and snacks available all weekend. Minimum 6 and maximum 10 participants.
Details
Friday evening 6:45 to 9pm
The creation stage: We examine premises and a five-phase plot method. Participants generate one to three possible story ideas.
Saturday morning 8:45am to noon
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 1:30 to 5:30
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 6:30 to 9pm
Formatting, front and back matter, artwork.
Sunday morning 8:45 to 11:30am
Publish! our anthology of stories on amazon.ca.