It all starts here. Check in at the Registration Desk at Writing Room's headquarters. You'll be greeted at the door by a member of our team and receive your map and schedule for the weekend.

Meet other writers and make connections with participants from around the world. If joining virtually, connect with other participants in our meet-and-greet.

Don't miss this orientation 

The retreat has officially begun! Learn the guidelines and ethos of participating in this event.

What does it take to become your own favorite author? If you haven't yet found the book you've been seeking, it might be time to write it.

Authors spend a lot of time preparing for failure, but what about the implications of success? Get ready to turn your ideas into reality.

A non-negotiable for calming the chaotic mind, get new inspiration and insight on the best daily habit for writers.

A writer's greatest gift is their ability to notice the details of life, yet this sensitivity often torments the artist's experience (book signing to follow).

Learn how to write engaging prose that comes to life, pulls readers in, and keeps them turning the page with sentences that dazzle.

Meet Marlon James in this exclusive book signing to wrap up Day One, then stick around for pitch night and vote for your favorite workshop.

Join Writing Room co-founder Jacob Nordby for an hour of Silent Writing among new friends.

Choose the tense and perspective that unlocks your narrative voice and reveals the depth of the story only you can tell.

Explore the relationship you have with your readers, fellow writers, and your creative universe.

How do you sell what you write? Overcome the aversion many authors (and creatives) have to the idea of "selling" their work.

Learn the power of memoir, specifically its ability to transform false narratives and outdated stories.

What’s an editor really looking for in a manuscript or a book proposal? Jake Morrissey, editor at Penguin Random House, will show you.

Join an intimate conversation on what the collaboration between author and editor really looks like. 

Join the former director of NaNoWriMo as he discusses what it takes to finally finish your book and get it out into the world. 

In order to survive as a sensitive creative, it's easy to numb ourselves to the unpredictability of life. Learn a powerful method to counteract despair.

Cheryl reveals her process of turning pain into a best-selling book and feature film. A deep-dive into the odyssey of getting a book completed.

Cheryl reveals her process of turning pain into a best-selling book and feature film. A deep-dive into the odyssey of getting a book completed.

Meet Cheryl Strayed in this exclusive book signing to wrap up Day Two, then stick around for the Open Mic and share your favorite piece of work.

Join Jen Pastiloff for morning yoga on the Pool Terrace (in-person only), or join Jacob Nordby for Submission Sunday.

A workshop like no other. You'll leave feeling inspired to show up bravely and encouraged to take up space in a bigger way.

The cost of becoming an author you admire means putting in both the work and the resources. Are you ready?

You've spent the past two days excavating your past and unconscious to break through your creative blocks — now it's time to let go.

A real initiation creates a transformation of your being that cannot be undone. 

Unearth the stories that stop you from cultivating your voice and honoring the harvest of your words.

You are always using a formula in your life, however the process is unreliable when it remains in the unconscious.

Our final event of the evening concludes with Anne's decades of writing wisdom. Gather around a love for this one, shared desire —  to write.

Our final event of the evening concludes with Anne's decades of writing wisdom. Gather around a love for this one, shared desire - to write.

Honor all that you've experienced and all the ways you've changed. Celebrate heading back to our lives differently than before.

Meet Anne Lamott in this exclusive book signing to wrap up the retreat. Say your final goodbyes and swap contact information with new friends.