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Hosting Your Own Private Writing Retreat

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This Saturday I’ll be meeting with a small group of writers to retreat from our normal lives and our normal writing practices to write in a different way. Here are some thoughts on how and why to take a little time to retreat from your regular (writing) life.

My Top Three Reasons for Going on a Writing Retreat:

  1. To re-engage with my creativity.
  2. To connect with my inner voice.
  3. To play.

The Three Essential Ingredients to a Writer’s Retreat (in my opinion):

  1. Make the time. Schedule your writing retreat on your calendar, in code if you have to. (If someone sees “Root Canal,” they probably won’t ask you to reschedule!)
  2. Set your intention. Create the expectation within your body, mind, and spirit that you are about to take an important action on your own behalf.
  3. Go to a place where you won’t be interrupted with the mundane tasks of daily…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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