The Noosa Writing Workshop | Jenny Hoskins
Jenny Hoskins
The Writer’s Coach
October 12–14, 2026  ·  Noosa, Queensland

The Noosa
Writing Workshop

You come in stuck.
You leave knowing exactly what your book is and how to finish it.

Three days. Your story spine mapped. The process to finish your book.

This is not a typical writing retreat.

It’s not just quiet writing time where you sit alone in a room still just as stuck as when you arrived. No critique sessions where strangers pick apart your unfinished work. No motivational talks from published authors who make it sound easier than it is.

This is different.

This is three days working in Noosa with a small bespoke group of unique individuals, where you stop just talking about writing a book and actually start writing it. Enough energy in the room, but not so many that you get lost. You walk in stuck. You walk out with the spine mapped, your structure clear, and the exact repeatable process to finish the thing.

No networking. No critiques. No vague inspiration. Just the process that works when you actually use it.

Too much material.
No clear structure.

The Aspiring Author

Thinks about writing a book, possibly a novel. Never finishes one. Ideas in many different places. No clue how to organize them into something that flows. The story is there. The structure isn’t.

The Legacy Writer

Decades of expertise. No book yet. The retiring professional. The practitioners with a theory nobody understands yet. The executive whose career lessons need capturing before they disappear.

Both have the same problem. Both need the same solution. A process that cuts through the fog and gets the book done.

Here is what
actually happens.

Day 1

We start at 8:30. Stage 1. Guidance sessions walk you through the first stage of the process — getting everything out of your head and onto the page in a way that actually works. Work sessions where you apply it directly to your own material. Not busywork. Not word-count sprints. Focused time to surface everything your book needs to be. Morning tea and lunch provided. We finish at 4:30.

Day 2

Stage 2. You start refining. Ideas get depth. Storylines get tightened. The ideas that were scattered yesterday start to sharpen — the memorable quirks, the colour, the moments that make a reader stop and feel something. For legacy writers, this is where your career stories surface: the a-ha moments, the human texture that makes expertise readable. Teaching and work sessions, same rhythm as Day 1. Morning tea and lunch provided. We finish at 4:30.

Day 3

Stage 3. Writing forward. This is the stage where the book starts to take shape. We go through what happens when the enthusiasm fades, when real life gets in the way, when you sit down and nothing comes. The practical tools for pushing through, showing up anyway, and finishing what you started. You leave at 4:30 knowing what to do next — and what to do when it gets hard. Morning tea and lunch provided.

This is for people who are ready to stop dreaming about a finished book
and start finishing it.

Jenny Hoskins · The Writer’s Coach

The investment.
The details.

From September 2026, full pay only. Questions? Email me.

Participants handle their own accommodation and travel.
Venue in Noosa to be confirmed — walking distance to either the beach or the river.

A handful of VIP spots are available.

A small number of bespoke, private one-on-one sessions (3.5 hours each session) are available, where we deep dive into your project and your specific sticking points. Limited availability in the days preceding or following the workshop.

Enquire About a VIP Session