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I'm curious to hear your experiences with writing retreats, whether they were a retreat to a formal 'writing retreat' location (there are many advertised on the internet and in writing magazines) or local retreats you may have gone on alone or in a group.
I've had good experiences with one-day writing 'retreats' where my writing group and I would go to a local convention center and have breakfast together, then spread out in the lounge with laptops or other writing devices and spend an 8 hour day plus breaks just writing. Having each other near sort of spurred us on to keep writing, and the structured breaks ensured we didn't get burned out.
I'm considering taking a long weekend at a local hotel with just my laptop and stack of story notes and ideas, and structuring the two days as a writing weekend. Writing time, breaks for meals, brain breaks, etc.
Any writing retreat experiences or strategies folks would like to share?
I'm curious to hear your experiences with writing retreats, whether they were a retreat to a formal 'writing retreat' location (there are many advertised on the internet and in writing magazines) or local retreats you may have gone on alone or in a group.
I've had good experiences with one-day writing 'retreats' where my writing group and I would go to a local convention center and have breakfast together, then spread out in the lounge with laptops or other writing devices and spend an 8 hour day plus breaks just writing. Having each other near sort of spurred us on to keep writing, and the structured breaks ensured we didn't get burned out.
I'm considering taking a long weekend at a local hotel with just my laptop and stack of story notes and ideas, and structuring the two days as a writing weekend. Writing time, breaks for meals, brain breaks, etc.
Any writing retreat experiences or strategies folks would like to share?