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Writing Retreat Schedule

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Tuesday, October 17th
3:00 – 5:00pm – Registration & Check-in
5:00pm – Welcome reception
6:30pm – Dinner
7:30pm – Introductions, goal setting, & planning
8:30 – 10:00pm – Game night with a cash bar

Wednesday, October 18th
8:00am – Grab & go breakfast
9:00-10:30pm – Morning Sessions

  • Writing with Style
  • Yoga with Josie Heck
  • Prewriting
  • Free Write

10:30am – Morning Writing
12:30pm – Lunch
1:30pm – Group Share
3:00pm – Afternoon Sessions

  • Reconnecting with Your Writing & Maintaining Momentum
  • Setting the Scene
  • Poetry of Place
  • Forest Bathing
  • Free Write

4:00pm – Afternoon Writing: Editing Services Available
6:30pm – Dinner
7:30pm – Evening Sessions

  • Poetry of Place
  • Setting the Scene
  • Reconnecting with Your Writing & Maintaining Momentum
  • Candle Lit Yoga with Josie Heck
  • Free Write

8:30 – 10:00pm – Cash Bar

Thursday, October 19th
8:00am – Grab & go breakfast
9:00-10:30pm – Morning Sessions

  • Poetry Revision & Workshop – Poetry of Place
  • Poetry Revision & Workshop – Setting the Scene
  • Guided Hike
  • Free Write

10:30am – Morning Writing
12:30pm – Lunch with Keynote Speaker Brett Ashley Kaplan
1:30pm – Group Share

Register for the Writing Retreat here.

 

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