Write with Effortless Flow

Join author and writing teacher Sarah Selecky for a contemplative retreat that untangles the knots that are keeping you from your writing.

You’re called to write. You’ve committed to it. But along the way, writing became harder than it should be. Something feels stuck. Your mind loops through the same questions or problems. When you think about finishing what you’ve started, you get overwhelmed. You long to write what wants to be written, but you don’t know how to just write it.

This retreat works like a massage for your writing muscles. Each morning begins with a teaching from Sarah and a guided writing practice to integrate the lesson. Learn how to make calm and intuitive creative choices, how to access parts of your story you've been avoiding, and how to receive meaningful insight from rest and sleep.  

In this retreat, you will:

• Reconnect with your work-in-progress.
• Transform story “problems” into empowered creative choices.
• Move through stuck scenes and write with effortless flow.
• Experience breakthroughs in your understanding of your book.
• Write meaningful pages while your mind is spacious and clear.  

Afternoons are for uninterrupted writing time. Sarah will give you an optional assignment for solo writing. Write, wander in the autumn leaves, take a yoga class, or simply rest. In the evenings, Sarah will guide you in meditation to activate creative insight while you sleep.

Come to this retreat if you feel stuck or tangled. Leave with clarity, momentum, and a deep reconnection to your creative work.    

Recommended Reading: Sarah Selecky, Story Is a State of Mind: Writing and the Art of Creative Curiosity

NOTE: This program is suitable for writers actively working on a book-length project (fiction, memoir, poetry, or creative nonfiction) as well as anyone who yearns for spacious time to write and think. Please bring your work-in-progress, a laptop if you need one for your afternoon writing time, and a notebook, and several good-quality pens for the morning sessions.