Vacation Writing Retreats
We are an adventure travel company specializing in writing retreats. Our retreats invite you to travel, grow as a writer, and connect with a community while also having an adventure.
“You have to pick the places you don’t walk away from.”
Discover Your Story
At Vacation Writing, we believe that writing is an adventure.
This is about cultivating a space, tending to your writing journey, exploring the world, and connecting to yourself and a community.
The day begins with breakfast and our mid-morning writing workshop. Our days end with shared dinner and conversation.
Discover
Writing is so much about discovery. Exploring what you are saying and why you are saying it is a powerful part of the whole process. Vacation Writing believes in the discovery process of creativity. The morning workshops are centered around generating new work in a safe space. Whether you embark on a new writing project, hope to glean new insights on an old one, or simply desire to break out of writer’s block, writers and creative storytellers of all ability and experience are welcome. We’ll work together every morning on different aspects of writing,
Connect
Creative work can be isolating sometimes. You might be losing your daily inspiration to continue on that project or even muster up the energy to generate new projects. Vacation Writing celebrates the power of connection at our retreats. This is really an opportunity to re-connect with yourself through nature, writing exercises, and sharing the experience with fellow travellers and artists. You’ll come away from the experience with a stronger sense of connection to your own voice but to the larger conversation happening in the world.
Restore
Getting away, engaging in your work, and connecting with like-minded people can bring a sense of peace and restoration. The goal of all the retreats is to essentially elevate your commitment to your own voice and journey. All of the locations selected for the retreats are chosen because of their natural beauty. These retreats are about taking your work to the next level, but you can’t do it without allowing yourself to be in a peaceful state. Nature has a restorative quality and the writing exercises will involve looking closely at our surroundings. The days are structured around the morning workshop, but there’s plenty of time to unwind and relax as well. The evenings end with a relaxing time together with a shared meal.
Write
Yes. You get to focus on your creative storytelling which is the focus of all the retreats. The morning writing workshop will explore different aspects of writing craft. Each retreat is curated around a different theme and the writing exercises will be developed around those themes.
During the morning workings, the first half of the workshop is an exploration of writing craft that draws from different genres of writing including poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction. The latter half of the workshop is dedicated to in-class writing exercises as well as workshopping participants work.
Writing Retreats
Sicily
June 1 - June 7
