The 22 Annual Writing & Creativity Retreat for Women
Emily Hanlon: emily@emilyhanlon.com
The Retreat Is Open To All Levels of Writers.
Call Emily to Discuss Your Participation. (914) 962-4432
The Retreat Is Open To All Levels of Writers.
Call Emily to Discuss Your Participation. (914) 962-4432
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Being a Fiction Writer Is Passionate, Challenging, Fun, and Freeing!
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Words alone do not a fiction writer make! Yet for most writers, at one time or another, we waste endless time and energy as we search for the perfect word or phrase or beginning paragraph -- only find ourselves face to face with the inner critic.
The core of the fiction writer's journey is not words. It is passion and risk. In face, we might say that creativity = passion and risk. Without them, we lose the magic, the imagination goes into hiding and we end up frustrated and wondering why we ever thought we could write fiction anyway. And that's a tragic place for the fiction writer to find herself. Consider these words from Albert Einstein: “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” The magic of this retreat reveals itself as day by day we learn to trust and embrace the what sometimes feels like the chaos of the imagination. |
Emily and Lucy, Retreat Mascot, on Top of Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park.
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One my favorite ways of expressing this: We must, like Alice, follow the White Rabbit. "Curiouser and curiouser," said Alice!
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"In Emily's retreat, I finally let my writing fly unfettered and alive. I felt childlike and adult at the same time, responsible for the process but enjoying it with the wonder of a small child. It has been simply amazing." ~Michelle Burton
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Our Creativity Is The Source Of Our Best Characters and Stories. The chemistry and culture of my retreats and the Circle that holds us are filled with excitement, liveliness, risk-taking and creative expectation...
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Which reminds me of this poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“What if you slept And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to heaven And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower And what if When you awoke You had that flower in you hand Ah, what then?” |
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If you like this poem, this image, this thought, you will love my retreat! Oh, and if you've worked with me or are on my mailing, this wonderful metaphor by Coleridge is just another way of saying: "How Far Down the Rabbit Hole Are You Ready To Go?"
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In our daily sessions, we explore possibilities for characters and plots that stretch the boundaries of our creativity.We break free of the fetters that our Inner Critics put on our imagination and magic happens!
Unexpected characters and plots twists appear for all of us on the retreat.
How?
By fertilizing our creative ground through circle work that includes picture and word prompts, the What If? and What Happens Next? games. Character interviews done through learning to inhabit your characters, and lots more.
With all this emphasis on the imagination, where you might ask is work on developing the fiction writer's craft? That is the secret to my coaching. Craft and technique are never taught in the abstract. Rather it, too, rises up from the creative fertility that abounds!
Unexpected characters and plots twists appear for all of us on the retreat.
How?
By fertilizing our creative ground through circle work that includes picture and word prompts, the What If? and What Happens Next? games. Character interviews done through learning to inhabit your characters, and lots more.
With all this emphasis on the imagination, where you might ask is work on developing the fiction writer's craft? That is the secret to my coaching. Craft and technique are never taught in the abstract. Rather it, too, rises up from the creative fertility that abounds!
Women who write fiction share aspects of their creative life that thrive in community.
In daily sessions we meet in a Circle to explore possibilities for our characters and plot that stretch the boundaries of our creativity. We seek out characters whom we might otherwise never discover. We conceive plot twists and turns that might never before have escaped the fetters we often put on our imagination.
We share, critique, play with our creativity, feast on meals, experience the awe-inspiring landscape of nature the surrounds and inspires us, listen to open readings, and chat with new friends.
In daily sessions we meet in a Circle to explore possibilities for our characters and plot that stretch the boundaries of our creativity. We seek out characters whom we might otherwise never discover. We conceive plot twists and turns that might never before have escaped the fetters we often put on our imagination.
We share, critique, play with our creativity, feast on meals, experience the awe-inspiring landscape of nature the surrounds and inspires us, listen to open readings, and chat with new friends.
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"My favorite part of Emily's Retreat was being with the women in the Circle. I loved watching the process flow. The shared insights made me feel part of the flow and the magic." - Vallerie Huyghue
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The Retreat is Open to All Levels of Writers
To discuss your participation, call Emily 914.962.4432 or Contact Me Here.
Read a personal, behind-the-scenes story about my journey of becoming a fiction writing Coach: A Teacher Should Inspire.
To discuss your participation, call Emily 914.962.4432 or Contact Me Here.
Read a personal, behind-the-scenes story about my journey of becoming a fiction writing Coach: A Teacher Should Inspire.