Personalized Writing Retreats

Who comes to Fifth House Lodge for a personalized writing retreat?
•  People (often in life transitions) who want to learn how to listen to themselves through writing
•  Those who wish to identify and release creative blocks in their lives and/or work
•  People seeking assistance beginning or finishing a writing project

Coaching with regard to a writing project focuses less on technical aspects such as plot and structure and more on such considerations as whether or not you are flush with your material, what is and is not getting said, where the "juice" is and what feels dead.

Joan's coaching fee is $75 per hour. (She bills only for hours actually spent working together.) Lodging accommodations include a private room with desk, private bath and use of the kitchen facilities for storing and preparing your own food. Grocery stores and restaurants are nearby. Lodging in conjunction with a personalized retreat is $80 per night.

Private coaching without an overnight stay is $60 per hour. Coaching by email and telephone is also available.

I feel like I got more out of my 24 hours with you than the numerous how-to-write books I've read and all the university-level writers' groups I've belonged to over the past ten years.

. . . Steve Day, Wolfeboro, NH

Your writing process. . . has given me access to a part of my consciousness that not only is helping me live my life more fully, but is reconnecting me with my identity as a writer in a way I had, I think, lost sight of.

. . .  Betsy Barnum, Minneapolis, MN