Description
This is for the Saturday, October 24th Day Retreat with Nami Mun.
In Partnership with Ragdale Foundation, StoryStudio is proud to offer this one-day retreat experience.
This Generative Workshop for writers will focus on providing space and community for your work-in-progress. Outside of structured writing time and mini-lessons, the day has been crafted to provide ample writing time to yourself.
RETREAT THEME: Three Beginnings, One Ending.
Starting a story is not unlike standing at the edge of a cliff. Both can be terrifying. There are many reasons to not dive into that project. My ideas are terrible, one might think. Or I don’t know where to begin. Or the world seems to be falling apart. Is this really a good time to start something new? In this writing retreat, we’ll hold hands at the cliff for moral support but also to push each other off (gently). Some might tiptoe. Others might cannonball. And still others might swan dive into that abyss. But no matter our varying degrees of fear, we will, without a doubt, leave that ledge and land on our feet as better writers and better risk-takers.
For the first 45 minutes, we’ll quickly analyze notable beginnings and ask questions, such as: What propels the story forward? What stings us? What questions are being raised that can’t be easily answered? Then we’ll go off on our own and write three propulsive and perhaps unrelenting beginnings of our own. The goal isn’t only to practice the “art of diving” but to have three projects already in free-fall, so we’ll have things to work on, long after the retreat’s end.
The final 45 minutes of our time together will be focused on either a final lecture or sharing our work, whichever is best for the group. So, the question is: Is this a good time to start something new? The answer is: always.
Schedule // 10am – 4pm (please note: this is not an overnight retreat and food is not provided)
10:00am start: 45-min craft talk with generative prompts in conference room
10:45am – 12pm: Break out around campus for free writing
12 – 12:45pm: Brown-bag lunch (suggested break, everyone can do their own thing)
12:45 – 2:45pm: Free writing
2:45-3:30pm: Secondary craft lecture
4:00pm: Depart campus
