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Join my Summer Writing Colony!

6/19/2014

 
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Greetings from my Summer Writing Colony. I love it here, and I am getting stuff done and surprising myself. Won’t you join me? It’s free, and you can attend from exactly where you are. It doesn’t matter whether your job or family can spare you—you can join!

Let me explain. There I was, salivating over writing workshops, conferences, and colonies listed in Poets and Writers and The Writer’s Chronicle. But this summer I don’t really have cash to attend, nor can I get away from family responsibilities, or add another flight onto my schedule.

Then I saw a line from one of Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project calendars:

“Put yourself in Creativity Boot Camp: Tackle a project in an intense, concentrated way, and push yourself to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time.”

I returned to my magazines with new eyes. If I could design my own retreat, what exactly would it look like? Soon I was cutting and pasting ads until I had created my ideal Summer Writing Colony poster. “Weekly Intensives,” I promised myself, in an atmosphere that would be “Supportive, Yet Demanding.”

Most of my energy in this colony session will go into reading, writing, and completing supportive, yet demanding weekly assignments. But I will also experience literary field trips, arts and crafts sessions, lectures from brilliant guest speakers, and daily meditation and soul guidance. And this place happens to feature delicious food and fun physical workouts. It’s kind of a spa retreat and writing boot camp all rolled into one. At home.

Over the next six or seven weeks I’ll break down the menu so you can implement YOUR OWN writing colony schedule as an honorary member.

Your assignment for this week: Buy or borrow a writing magazine that inspires you. Read your writing source this week and take notes about what you want to do on your next four to six weekly intensives.

See if you can do some cutting, taping, and designs to create your OWN poster of intention for this summer—or make one online on Pinterest. What do you want to accomplish this summer? What does your ideal retreat look like? Let me know!



Pushpa link
7/4/2014 04:56:49 am

What a lovely idea, Lisa! I do love the idea of a Summer Writing Colony. I've been doing this for myself, but not in such a big way. Thanks for sharing. I like the idea about creating the poster. And what a goldmine of a blog...I'm going to make sure I start digging my way in...Best...of summer...and more.

Lisa Francesca
7/6/2014 05:04:55 am

Pushpa, I am so glad this blog post is speaking to you! Let me know how the poster develops for you. And if you have a piece or concept you are working on, do let me know, and I can offer you a few boosts of encouragement throughout the rest of the summer.


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