Urban Writers Retreats provides space and time to write away from distraction. Writers define their own goals in advance and review them against their progress at the end.
How does it work and what’s included?
• Writing retreats provide a small creative community atmosphere with up to 20 people. You use the timeavailable in whichever way works best for you.
• Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided. Phones, email, internet, tv, interruptions from partners/children and other distractions are not. Heaven!
• You get space to write at a desk/table and power points for laptop user, a goals sheet to focus your mind and help you to achieve real progress on your manuscript
• Evening retreats run from 7-9pm on a Monday or Tuesday. Full day retreats run once a month on Sundays from 10:00-18:00, split into morning and afternoon sessions.
• Full-day retreats also have a selection of reference books and creative writing exercises to kick-start your brain, and home-made cakes.
You need to bring:
• Pen and paper or laptop (we have plentiful power sockets)
• A manuscript you are currently working on, or a definite idea of what you want to write about
• Commitment and determination!
What’s the cost?
A day at Urban Writers Retreat costs £35 and evening sessions are £10 each. Payment in advance is needed to book your place for full days. Subject to space you can pay on the door for evenings. Discounts may be available for booking a series of retreats. Please see the page for the type of retreat you’d like to attend.
Who will benefit from an Urban Writers Retreat?
Anybody who is serious about writing and wants to commit themselves to it for a block of time. You can be at any stage from a total beginner with an idea to a professional writer with a deadline who just needs time and space to focus.
Are there lessons? Do we read our work to the group?
No. While both of these are valuable, Urban Writers Retreat is specifically about getting you writing. If you get stuck while you’re on a retreat, you may find the best thing you can do is to write through it and mark problems to deal with later. There will be some brief creative-writing exercises available to help kick-start your thoughts, and if you feel you need more guidance or tutorials then I can suggest some organisations that run courses.
http://www.urbanwritersretreat.co.uk/