Jean-Marie Laclavetine, one of France's leading contemporary novelists, invites you to take part in his writing workshop from Monday, February 23 to Friday, February 27, 2026. This eagerly awaited course offers you a unique immersion into the craft of storytelling.

Over five days, in a calm and inspiring setting, Jean-Marie Laclavetine will guide you through practical exercises and group workshops to explore the mechanisms of narration, narrative construction, and the art of writing. Whether you are a beginner or more experienced, this workshop will allow you to develop your own voice and perfect your style under the watchful eye of a renowned author.

This course is an opportunity to create, exchange ideas, and progress alongside a passionate and experienced writer.

This workshop is an opportunity to create, exchange ideas, and progress alongside a passionate and experienced writer.

A word from the writer:

This immersive workshop offers participants personalized guidance in the practice of literary writing. It is not about providing a foolproof recipe for writing a novel, but rather enabling each participant to advance their personal thinking and forge their own tools for constructing a novel, a story, or a short story. The work will be based on texts produced on site or on excerpts from ongoing literary projects. Learning to write is above all a personal journey. It is about becoming aware of the unique powers of writing, a tool for exploration, for understanding the world, a source of anxiety but also an instrument of pleasure, surprise, and laughter.

The exercises offered will provide a basis for reflection applicable to any literary writing practice: choosing the right word, striving for conciseness, precision, effective metaphor, etc. We will focus on more specific issues related to novel writing: the opening lines, the different phases of narrative development, the ending, the choice of title, the use of tenses, intermediate scenes, the question of narrative point of view, and more.

The exercises will be adapted to the personalities present and the evolution of the group. The aim is to enable each participant to take a step forward in a current literary project, or to start a new project in light of the reflections that the workshop will have inspired.

The price is €1,500 per guest for accommodation in the château and €1,300 for accommodation in the annex, full board from Monday afternoon to Friday morning.