Colm Toibin

Writing has always been a subject that has held my interest and has been a strength of mine; therefore it was interesting having a discussion with an established and acclaimed author about his work and his writing process. Colm Toibin was able to give us a closer look into his novel, by giving us the back story of how the story for his novel came about. By having a back story as a reader I was able to look at the novel through a different more intense lens. His comment that writing is a process, but that if you take it one day at a time one page at a time it can be done was very inspirational and encouraging to students. I believe students who are interested in writing were able to leave the workshop believing that writing a novel is something they too can do.