My friend Katherine Hyde was at the 2010 Orthodox Writers Week at the Beach at Colonyhouse in Rockaway, Oregon, last week, and here’s a little of what she had to say in her post, Advancing through a Retreat:
A retreat is an escape from all obligations and distractions (especially if your location is internet-free, as ours was). It leaves you alone with that most fickle of friends, your imagination. If you’ve been out of touch for a while, you may have to woo it back, like the Little Prince did with the fox. But once you’ve got it, it’s like a honeymoon: nothing in the world you have to do except be together and see what germinates. Sometimes a honeymoon leads to a baby. Sometimes a retreat leads to a new book (or at least a good start on one).
For a view on what a writing retreat can do for you, read the whole post.
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