{"id":99,"date":"2008-10-29T22:11:20","date_gmt":"2008-10-30T03:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisatener.com\/blog\/?p=99"},"modified":"2024-09-30T09:01:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:01:03","slug":"writing-coach-retreat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jodieburdette.net\/lisatener\/2008\/10\/writing-coach-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Coach Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a writing coach, I think I have one of the most fun jobs in the universe. I love the process of helping people:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Clarify their book ideas<\/li>\n<li>Learn the secrets of good writing<\/li>\n<li>Write a compelling book proposal<\/li>\n<li>Attract a top agent and publisher<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy the benefits of being\u00a0 a published author<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s just one problem&#8230;time to write my own books&#8230;I tend to push my own personal projects to the back burner. There&#8217;s only so much time in a day&#8211;especially when you have young kids.<\/p>\n<p>I often stay up late to read a client&#8217;s manuscript, answer e-mails, or work on my writing coach web presence. When I only had one child, who often slept in, I&#8217;d write my own work in the mornings. Now, my toddler is an early riser.<\/p>\n<p>I realized there was only one solution if I wanted to make serious headway on my next book.<\/p>\n<p>The writing coach needs a retreat. At first I just blanked out one day a month on my calendar for writing. One day seemed a little skimpy though. And wouldn&#8217;t it be nice to add a few perks to my personal retreat and maybe even &#8220;get away from it all?&#8221; No phones. No meals to cook. No e-mails. No one to take care of but me.<\/p>\n<p>Six days ago I looked at a yoga center website to book my own personal retreat. Then I figured, why not see if there&#8217;s a writing workshop that weekend. There is. My mother-in-law, who is practically a saint, changed her schedule to accommodate my writing retreat.<\/p>\n<p>My writing retreat now includes body work, vegetarian meals, yoga classes and a writing workshop.\u00a0 I&#8217;m dreaming about my retreat&#8211;the fall colors in the Berkshires, maybe even a light snow (it was snowing when I called), time to go inward and think about&#8230;nothing.<\/p>\n<p>I have this feeling I need to create some fallow space in my life for this next book. I can&#8217;t just go from my nonstop lifestyle to writing this next book.<\/p>\n<p>How about you? Could you use a writing retreat? Your retreat doesn&#8217;t need to be costly. You might know a relative or friend with a vacation condo or a cabin in the woods and head out for a weekend. And it could be just a day, or a few days, blocked out in your calendar for writing and maybe a walk in the woods.<\/p>\n<p>But make the time. 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