Healthy Structured Writing Retreat,18th October, Brotéria Lisboa

The method of ‘Structured Writing Retreats’ is a well-established and successful hands-on learning tool that provides you a dedicated writing time and space through a framework for progressing in writing projects across various professions and disciplines.

The output for each writing retreat varies depending on the writing project that you are working on. Evidence from previous retreat showed some of participants’ achievements:

In a typical writing retreat, a PhD student can on average write 4100 new words.

“What I take from this retreat is to put aside my anxiety and stop thinking ‘start writing’, by gaining the motivation to start doing my corrections. The discipline of dedicated writing time helped me to achieve my goal of getting the corrections of two major chapters done.

Participants report to have written 2 book chapters: 2500 + 3000 new words. Edited 3100 words.

“Last retreat, I wrote 5000 words over two days, which was for a chapter that I handed in. This time I had three tasks planned, which entailed a text to editor who will read my work – so I wrote about 1500 words (all but editing) the task. The secured justified time to work with others is SUPER productive.

It is dedicated time and space, with a structured framework that allow writers making significant progress in their projects. They learn to plan and set realistic goals, reflect on their writing practice, make sense of their achievements and take strategic writing decisions faster