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Creative Writing Retreats: Magical Moments in Merida!

Just about every day on our creative writing retreats is special – after all, retreats are not only a chance to learn, they are also full of new experiences and great memories. Writing retreats are holidays, too! But there are some days so magnificent that they take your breath away and feed your soul. Yesterday on our Mexico Creative Writing Retreat was one of those days. Writing Workshop We began in the morning with a workshop on five act structure. I hadn’t expected this to be quite so meaningful to so many of our writers, but we have several people here with ideas for novels and memoirs, or with books-in-progress that have stalled on the way. We ended with two terrific writers sharing their [...]

December 6th, 2023|Retreats, writing holiday, writing retreats|

Mexico Creative Writing Retreat, 2022

Yesterday I returned from teaching our second annual Creative Writing Retreat in Merida, Mexico – and what a studendous week it was. Great writers, wonderful scenery, memorable experiences, daily writing workshops and so much great food! Creative Writing Retreat: Merida! Such a special city. Street festivals, wandering the Plaza Granda and people-watching along the Paseo de Montejo. Visiting the Mayan World Museum. Exploring the art. Wandering the parks. Live music and dancing most evenings. Our Creative Writing Workshops in Merida Each morning, we met for 3 hours, deepening our writing experience as the week went on. Sometimes we met on a terrace with flowers and sunshine, and at other times inside, around a large table in our beautiful hotel. We explored poetry, memoir, character [...]

December 20th, 2022|Retreats, writing holiday, writing retreats|

Creative Writing Retreat in Mexico 2021!

I just returned from our first ever Creative Writing Retreat to Merida, Mexico! Our creative writing retreat focused on memoir, poetry, planning novels, writing short stories, playwriting, creating characters, getting an agent and more. A wonderful time was had by all. Our Mexico Writing Retreat was structured the same way as our Creative Writing Retreats in Costa Rica, with creative writing classes held for 2-3 hours every morning, sightseeing opportunities most afternoons, group dinners and writing-related social events on occasional evenings. Our creative writing classes in Merida, Mexico included a session on sources of inspiration, and another on incorporating secrets and subtext. All writers who requested it received a critique of their work from the group, and we shared an exercise that had everyone creating [...]

December 10th, 2021|Retreats, writing retreats|