This course is HOT!!
By popular demand… this is the SECOND workshop (the first one sold out!)
Writing retreats are, hands down, one of the most important things you can do as a writer. Having just come back from my twice-yearly writing retreat week, I am bubbling with enthusiasm to share the joy. Why not join me for a weekend of writing at Bribie Island (Qld) this October to find the time and space to go deeper.
Are you writing a novel, memoir, short story or lived experience self-help book?
You’re invited to join a small group of fellow word lovers to spend quality time diving deeper into your project.
Writing retreats take us physically out of our everyday, which translates nicely to transporting our minds to different places too. Writers can and will write under any circumstances, if they are so determined. Yet, in my considerable experience of writing retreats, absolutely nothing comes close to the value of dedicated writing time and (possibly more importantly) mental space for our creative brains to expand and grow.
I’ve balanced this retreat with enough structure to give you guidance but also enough free time for you to follow your heart.
Retreat Structure
- Our home base will be in the Bribie Island Library on Saturday and Sunday, from 9am to 2pm.
- We will spend time talking about our projects and brainstorming our way through problem areas. We’ll practise different ways to access the deeper parts of our characters and their backstories.
- We’ll break between 11am and 12pm for coffee and lunch. You can wander solo or join with others to continue chatting over food.
- We’ll leave the library at 2pm, at which point, you decide how to best continue your retreat. You might head for coffee and cake with fellow writers and continue book chat, wander the extensive walking path along the foreshore and get some sea air to allow your subconscious some processing time before heading back to your accommodation to write some more, or head out again for dinner. It’s your call.
- The theme of this weekend is Diving Deeper, with the focus on adding depth and value to our words rather than racing to add words to our total word count. (Don’t worry, though, we’ll also do that too.)
The maximum number of spaces for this weekend is 7.
Your Investment: $225pp.
(Accommodation is not included. See below for suggestions.)
Yes, Please! I’m in!
The Area
This lovely library is situated on the foreshore of Pumicestone passage (Bongaree) and is an easy, flat, few minutes walk to cafes, coffee, ice cream, and various shops. I recently ate at Annie Lane cafe every day while on retreat and enjoyed coffee and incredible cakes from Scoopy’s, just over the road. I also enjoyed the foreshore walk, which has a wealth of historical photos, information and quotes to inspire a dozen new stories or characters that you might even weave into your own project.
Accommodation
Bribie Island has a wide range of accomodation options available so you are sure to find something to suit your needs.
Bongaree Caravan and Cabins has simple but affordable options that can suit up to 4 people art once, in some cases. They are also just a stone’s throw from the library!
Big4 also has luxury cabins available.
And of course there are the usual online accommodation searches to find plenty of other options (e.g. AirBnB, Wotif, Booking)
I look forward to sharing a weekend of writing with you soon!
Jo
