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Welcome dinner, you can get to know fellow participants |
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| 7:30 |
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Houghton Mifflin Editor Ann Rider will provide individual feedback to Retreat participants, commenting on the opening 400-800 words of each attending writer who chooses to have their work considered. |
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Individual writing time |
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| 7:00 |
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OPTIONAL hike and chance to talk informally with Laura |
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| 8:00 |
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Breakfast: while we are eating, Laura and Lisa will share anecdotes about the revision process and how they respond to feedback they receive from their writing groups and editors. |
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Individual writing time |
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| 10:00 |
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On-the-spot critiques of participants’ manuscript excerpts |
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| 12:00 |
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Field trip to Redbery Books, an independent bookstore in Cable that has generously agreed to provide our lunch. Over lunch, Lisa & Laura will talk about how they use bookstores as a key resource for both writing and submitting their work, and then we’ll have some browsing time. |
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| 1:30 |
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Individual writing time to give participants the opportunity to generate new work or make revisions based on the feedback they have received |
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| 5:00 |
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OPTIONAL gathering on the outside terrace for an informal talk with Lisa |
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| 6:00 |
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Group dinner; Lisa and Laura will share some “nuts and bolts” basics about children’s book writing. |
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| 7:00 |
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Writing activities centered around “Finding Your Unique Voice as a Writer” |
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| 8:00 |
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Time for participants to informally share more of their manuscripts with the group |
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| 8:00 |
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Breakfast: As we eat, Lisa & Laura will share anecdotes and info about their lives as “working writers” and the publishing process: editors, agents, facing rejection. |
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| 9:00 |
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On-the-spot critiques of participants’ manuscript excerpts |
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| 11:00 |
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Individual writing time |
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| 12:30 |
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Lunch and time to chat with your “new best friends” |
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| 1:30 |
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Final Q&A session, including a discussion about how to stay motivated, develop productive writing habits, and how to set and stick to creative goals |
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Head home |
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