THE LAKE COMO RETREAT:

FISH OUT THE WRITER WITHIN

Date

Location

Resort

Group size

Time

Program

22. - 30. August 2021

Lago di Como, Italy

Taverna Bleu

max 12 persons

8 days 8 nights

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Are you struggling with your story?

 

Do you need a hand with the plot, the setting, the characters, or the dialogue ...or just time for yourself? 

 

Study in the mornings, write in the afternoons. 

 

Join a small group of scribes - a maximum of 12 - to support each other and share your ideas.

 

Get morning sessions & feedback on your experience from following the Artist's Way exercises. Share your journey. 

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Around the Lake Como...

 

Swim in the lake or take a boat to Bellagio, go for a hike, peruse in the delicious Italian food markets. 

 

Step back in time in incredible cathedrals and castles around the lake, where you can admire frescos or drink a magic liquor from the monks of Piona 

 

In the warm August evenings, you can join a vibrant street party with banquets, fireworks, parades and boat races, with participants in medieval costumes and re-enact an old combat at Palio del Baradello. 

 

Take a yoga class on the terrace, watch the sunrise and sunset while lying on one of the many surrounding hills.

 

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Get inspired. Get your story done.

 

 

 

In Detail

What's Included

We have priced the retreat to include a delicious breakfast, lunch and
dinner, so that you can entirely focus on your work, but you are always
welcome to try the local cuisine available both in restaurants and at small
markets. At times you’d need to clear your head, you may want to go for swimming, a boat ride, kayaking, hiking around the lake, bike riding, local market, and many other things the lake and its surroundings has to offer.
The retreat includes: • 8 days (evening check in – lunch check out), • shared or single accommodations, • meals 3x/day with veggie options available; • all instruction and materials, • morning classes on the craft on writing with the lecturing writer (me) and my assistant between 9 am-12 am, • if needed extra 60min face-to-face consultation of your work with the lecturing writer outside the class, • feedback on your writing up to 5000 words, • evening readings by participants, • morning guided meditation at 7:30 am-8:00 am, • an opening and closing dinner with drinks



What's not

The cost does not include:
• flights/transportation to the destination • individual transportation to and from the airport
• alcoholic drinks outside the evenings listed above
• special excursions
• or optional activities



Daily schedule

Day 1 (evening):
Opening dinner & networking
Day 2 - Day 6:
7:30am - 8:00am: Morning meditation or yoga (optional)
8:00am - 9:00am: Breakfast
9:30am - 12:00pm: Morning class
12:00pm - 1:00pm: Lunch
2:00pm - 6:00pm: Time to Write
6:30pm - 7:30pm: Dinner
Day 7:
Free day for activities to unwind or do more writing
Individual face-to-face sessions scheduled with the lecturing writer
Closing evening: drinks & dinner
Day 8 (am hours):
After the breakfast session: the lecturer hands out pieces with your feedback
People can stay in/around the villa and enjoy the pool until noon (check-out)
Extras:
Two additional evening workshops - so-called ‘First-page & Last-page
workshops’ on Tuesday & Thursday after dinner: People who sign up to these will have a chance to get feedback from the group on their work and/or discuss any problematic parts. It’d be an interactive session, where the lecturer takes a back seat and lets the writers interact and network.
Everyone who signs up for the workshop aiming to take an active part in it,
would have a space of ca 20 min to discuss any parts of their work or read it out loud, and get feedback. There might be more time, depending on the number of people who show up.
Attendance to workshops and morning classes is entirely optional. You can spend all the available time just to write.



Pricing

Price of the room & full board for eight days: TBC Please send us an email and register your interest. Prices should be known by the end of January 2021



To reserve your spot, please pay the deposit €300. Once you register your interest, we will send you a confirmation e-mail with our payment details.

 

We would like to get to know you and ask you about your level and expectations to help us tailor the retreat for you.

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