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For weeks three and four participants will also be asked to submit a short extract from their own works in progress. These will be examined in detail by the entire group, with constructive feedback being offered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Details:\u00a0<\/strong><span>Course will take place in person in Kildare Town Library.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dates: Wednesday 5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th of June from 2-4pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>This workshop series is free of charge, but places are limited.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=WKnsV6EGJE6EvuTlx3qGmVyNCaaX2wBFgxJ74VBaFIVUNDBXVDlZVlFFMVZBUVE4TFJMMllINTAzTS4u\"><span>Click here<\/span><\/a><span> to apply online with your expression of interest by May 24th at noon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Queries in advance to <\/span><a href=\"mailto:kildarelib@kildarecoco.ie\">kildarelib@kildarecoco.ie<\/a><span> for the attention of Heather.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>This workshop takes place as part of the <\/span>Connections Through Literature Programme<span>, a series of events and workshops organised by <\/span>Kildare Libraries<span> in partnership with the <\/span>Irish Writers Centre, supported by Creative Ireland.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":30326,"template":"","class_list":["post-30325","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Writing a Novel - The First Draft with David Butler - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Writing a Novel - The First Draft with David ButlerCourse Summary:In this four-week course, facilitator David Butler will help you to workshop your novel-in-progress by examining areas such as point-of-view, structure, effective openings, dialogue etc.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/writing-a-novel-the-first-draft-with-david-butler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Writing a Novel - The First Draft with David Butler - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Writing a Novel &#8211; The First Draft with David ButlerCourse Summary:In this four-week course, facilitator David Butler will help you to workshop your novel-in-progress by examining areas such as point-of-view, structure, effective openings, dialogue etc., in order to help you create a page-turning work of fiction. 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