Together Alone: Writing Retreat
Date and time is TBD
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Time & Location
Date and time is TBD
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About the event
The weekend is aimed at writers who have started a project and need some dedicated time and space to write? Need some accountability and support? Want some feedback on something you are working on?
Come to Kāpiti and enjoy an intimate residential weekend of writing and conversation surrounded by like-minded people.
The February weekend opened with a shared potluck dinner and a writing exercise with award-winning fiction writer and tutor, Pip Adam. Each day started and ended with a group check-in facilitated by Pip. Writers could get more support by registering for a 1:1 to discuss their work or review feedback on a piece of writing.
During the rest of the weekend, they could focus on their writing in one of the many writing spaces available onsite, walk to the nearby Waikanae river or beach and discuss all things writing with other writers.
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