Welcome to the Writing Retreat Directory
If you’re looking to attend a writing retreat or promote your writing retreat, you’ve come to the right place. Writers can filter by location, dates, type of retreat, and much more. Retreat owners can entice clients with gorgeous images and detailed descriptions. Click one of the buttons above and get started today!
Upcoming Retreats
When you join Writing Retreat Directory, you can add your writing retreat to our online calendar and accept registrations directly through us! Check out some upcoming retreats below:
Rekindle Creativity Women's Writing Retreat in Muskoka
Women only | Fiction | Memoir | Nonfiction | Novels
01-16-2024 - 01-19-2024
Writing Retreat Tips & Information
What would it take?
When something is a negotiation, we often hear that there is one question that will get to the heart of the matter. This question starts with the stem, “What would it take to…” The idea is that once you articulate the circumstances under which...
Welcome to Your Writing Retreat Connection Podcast
My new podcast, Your Writing Retreat Connection, is now live! I'm thrilled to finally launch it. You can listen to the first episode here: Or find it on one of these podcast apps (more coming soon): Apple Podcast Spotify When it's listed on the...
How to Capitalize on Your Writing Retreat Momentum
You had a great time at your writing retreat. You came away refreshed, renewed, motivated, and inspired. You even set intentional goals—write so many words a day, start waking up early and join the #5amwriters club. Then life, as it so often does,...
What to Consider When Choosing a Writing Retreat to Attend
You've made the decision to carve out time for yourself and your writing. That's the easy part. Now, how do you find a writing retreat that will inspire, motivate, and support you to tell your best story? Take the following into consideration and...
How A Writing Retreat Boosts Your Creativity and Output
That last chapter of your WIP has been staring at you from your laptop while you contemplate the various ways to tie up the ending. Or maybe you’re in the thick of the story and aren’t sure how to move the plot forward. If you had more than a few...
How to Make Your Guests Feel Welcome Before the Writing Retreat
You’re all set. The venue is booked, you have each day of the writing retreat mapped out to maximize your guests’ experience, the registration page is live, and people are signing up! Congratulations on getting to this stage. After the last few...
Considering the Writers' Experience During the Retreat
In a previous blog post, I talked about the initial planning for your writing retreat. In this post, I want to focus on what happens during the writing retreat. You’ve chosen your location and booked the venue - whew! - and you’re fired up to...
The First Steps in Planning A Writing Retreat
Have you been thinking about hosting a writing retreat, but aren’t sure where to start? Before you get into the finer details, you need to make some foundational decisions that will guide the rest of your planning. What is the maximum number of...
Pros and Cons of Hosting A Virtual Retreat
Have you been thinking about hosting a virtual writing retreat? Maybe you’re not able to travel for an in person retreat, or the last few years of uncertainty has left you with less money to host an in person writing retreat. A virtual event sounds good,...
Why We Focus Solely on Writing Retreats
When I got the idea for the Writing Retreat Directory, I talked with other people in my business network about the pros and cons of having the directory list other types of writing events like workshops and conferences or even other types of...
How to Find Out What Writers Want From Your Retreat
As you sit at your desk or or in your favorite coffee shop planning your writing retreat, what’s going through your head? The rustic mountain cabins you’ve always loved that your guests will stay in? Or maybe your retreat will be in an historic...
Writing Retreat Directory Is Live
We are thrilled to announce that the Writing Retreat Directory is now live. In the next phase, beta testing, we’ll have writing retreat hosts use the site at no cost and give us feedback on the features and ease of use. We’ll explain how someone...
