Though I should further explain that mostly what they do is offer a variety of writing classes (over the course of several weeks), and occasional one or two day workshops or retreats (for example, I see there's a "Berlin writing weekend" coming up in March). They also do cool stuff like an all day event where you first go to an art museum for inspiration, then spend all afternoon writing, and there's also dinner included I think. But I'm not sure if "writer's retreat in a rural location" is something they do often or at all at the moment. They're a great group, though! I'm sad that they started up just around the time that I was leaving; I took one fiction-writing class with them, then I was already moving away.
The place near where I live now (in the US) is more for artists/musicians, and I know you have to apply for it and I don't really know anything about how it works... BUT I can only imagine there are so many things like that! Writer's workshops, retreats, colonies, etc. are all over, at least in the US, though you generally have to pay/apply/get a grant to go. Probably easier just to rent a house by the sea for a week with a couple of writer friends and hold each other accountable for writing every day. Actually, I'd sign up for that!! :-)
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Date: 2016-02-28 05:46 pm (UTC)Though I should further explain that mostly what they do is offer a variety of writing classes (over the course of several weeks), and occasional one or two day workshops or retreats (for example, I see there's a "Berlin writing weekend" coming up in March). They also do cool stuff like an all day event where you first go to an art museum for inspiration, then spend all afternoon writing, and there's also dinner included I think. But I'm not sure if "writer's retreat in a rural location" is something they do often or at all at the moment. They're a great group, though! I'm sad that they started up just around the time that I was leaving; I took one fiction-writing class with them, then I was already moving away.
The place near where I live now (in the US) is more for artists/musicians, and I know you have to apply for it and I don't really know anything about how it works... BUT I can only imagine there are so many things like that! Writer's workshops, retreats, colonies, etc. are all over, at least in the US, though you generally have to pay/apply/get a grant to go. Probably easier just to rent a house by the sea for a week with a couple of writer friends and hold each other accountable for writing every day. Actually, I'd sign up for that!! :-)