Activities at Atsitsa Bay, Greece

Starting to Write Fiction with Kylie Fitzpatrick

Sat 26 - Fri 8 Aug 2025

Starting to Write Fiction

The secret to good storytelling is knowing where to begin. This course will guide you through the basics of writing fiction, focusing on opening pages, and introduce all the basic building blocks of the story, including:

• Imagining believable characters
• Point of View, voice and narration
• Creating settings and writing scenes
• Plotting a story

Freeing Your Voice: Reclaiming the Inner Writer

Voice is each individual writer’s most powerful tool for channelling ideas. Writing with your natural voice can transform your writing into something that affects readers from a deeper place, from beyond the words themselves.

Through instruction, discussion and practical application, Freeing Your Voice will guide you through techniques for writing both fiction and non-fiction, connecting you with your ‘inner’ writing-self, helping you identify the themes and stories that have meaning for you. This course will help you recognise the difference between the noisy, judgemental chitter-chatter of the mind, and the quieter, wiser voice of your inner writer.

What's included?

Kylie's course is held in Atsitsa Bay on Skyros island in Greece and is part of the wide range of courses and activities available. The holiday includes full board twin shared accommodation in an eco-hut. Single upgrades and twin shares in the house are available. Chat through the website, call +44 (0)1983 86 55 66 or email holidays@skyros.com to discuss your requirements. 

About Kylie Fitzpatrick

Novelist Kylie Fitzpatrick holds Masters and PhD in Literature and Creative Writing. After lecturing for several years on the Creative Writing degree and MA programs at Bath Spa University in the UK, Kylie left to develop Curative Writing, her writing for wellbeing program which draws on her many years of research, writing, and working with writers and educational and cultural institutions. She is currently a consultant for the Faber Academy, Writers & Artist’s at Bloomsbury publishing, Cornerstones Literary Consultancy, and is a director at Archetype Books. 

Kylie grew up in Europe, the U.K., the US and Australia. Her background is in broadcasting and script development, working with the BBC and ABC amongst other producers and broadcasters. Her four historical novels have been published in eleven languages. 

What people say about Kylie and her courses:

Loved Kylie’s early morning journalling - it was a revelation.

Kylie was fantastic and got me through my ‘I can’t write properly’ block.

Kylie has been excellent and has given me tools I can use when I get home.

Kylie’s writing course was fantastic. It was introspective and thought provoking in an understated way - fabulous.

Kylie Fitzpatrick morning drop-ins taught me totally new approaches.