Not everyone likes the idea of spending a week with complete strangers learning how to be a better poet or playwright or novelist – but I’ve always enjoyed it.  The surroundings are inspiring – and the food is usually good.  So when I saw a request from Irish writing website writing.ie for experiences of residential writing courses I thought I’d give it a go.  You can see the result at http://www.writing.ie/resources/gathering-inspiration-some-thoughts-on-residential-writing-courses/