I was surprised by how easily I managed to stay focused during the whole duration of the writing sessions, and how quickly those blocks of writing time went by!
— Asylum 2018 writer
Read MoreI prioritized my writing and wrote 7000 words for my PhD thesis. Following the retreat’s agenda I got into a really good working daily rhythm — I hope I can replicate this at home!
— November 2018 writer
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I really appreciated Jessie’s positivity and manner, especially the calm and gentle way she ended our writing time, and directed us to the next activity.
— November 2018 writer
Read MoreThis format is VERY good for my own writing and hence my translating and editing work. I will attend again.
— November 2018 writer
Read MoreJess is cool and full of energy. She brings a nice vibe to the writing room.
— November 2019 writer
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May 2019 participants’ achievements:
An hour-long presentation — text and draft slides — for international meeting abroad.
Came to finish a chapter for an academic collection — met my goals and now I have a first draft of the chapter.
Four poems, one stand-up bit, and a first draft of a chapter from a memoir. Started a short play, and wrote about half of it.
The structure of my next book.
I achieved my script for my meditation album, and got some website copy sent off too.
75% of what I planned in the beginning. 100% of what I planned in the last day.
I made words come out of my fingers!
Fleshed out the structure of my novel, and talking about it out loud (when usually an internal process)
Challenged myself with new forms of poetry/spoken word and stories.
The other participants were all really interesting people, I enjoyed the fact that it was all women. I liked that we could give each other space and didn’t always have to talk in all the breaks as it was hard to get out of my own writing headspace and I am used to working alone all day.
— November 2018 writer
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I was surprised that I was able to focus so well and get ‘in the zone’ during every writing session.
— November 2018 writer
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The group size was good as we could all talk to each other and bond as a group. A nice mix of people (different ages and life stages, different backgrounds, different nationalities, different projects).
— November 2018 writer
Read MoreI loved the focused time for writing without the possibility for distractions. And socialising with great people in the breaks!
— May 2019 writer
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