Jump Start Your Memoir | A Writing Retreat September 12th-15th, 2024
- Live Workshop
Join Erica Bauermeister, NYT bestselling author, to explore the wonder of your own story.
This class is open to students of all levels, whether you are aiming for publication or self-discovery. And while the class focuses on memoir, many of the lessons are applicable for fiction as well.
Have you always said you were going to write a memoir, or have you started and gotten stuck? Here’s a chance to give yourself a weekend to focus, learn, share, and let your mind open in a beautiful, natural environment. Writing prompts will help you get started, mini lessons will help enrich your writing. We’ll take advantage of the surroundings and the incredible food to remind us to use all five of our senses, in life and in writing. The goal is for you to leave at the end of the weekend refreshed and motivated to keep going.
NEW CLASS TECHNIQUES WE’LL EXPLORE
- Finding your story and voice
- Creating vivid scenes and characters
- Moving beyond the sense of sight
- Developing perspective
WHAT IS INCLUDED
- 2 day guided writing instruction in our renovated Bee House Studio, with free time to explore and be inspired in nature.
- Most required class materials will be provided. An additional materials list will be sent prior to class.
- Gourmet farm-to-table meals throughout your stay, using seasonal, organic produce grown on site.
- Rustic luxury accommodations for 3 nights.
- A welcome cocktail party!
- Evening camp fires.
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
Thursday
- Check-in starts at 12pm.
- Join us for a welcome cocktail party! Heavy apps and cocktails will be served.
Friday
- Breakfast and coffee in the Bee House Studio
- Morning workshops
- Picnic lunch
- Afternoon workshops
- Break for relaxation and free writing
- Farm to table dinner served in the garden gazebo
Saturday
- Breakfast and coffee in the Bee House Studio
- Guided studio time
- Picnic lunch
- Afternoon workshop
- Break for relaxation and free writing
- Farm to table dinner served in the garden gazebo
Sunday
- Farewell brunch served in the Main House
THE ARTIST
Erica Bauermeister
@ericabauermeisterauthor
Erica Bauermeister is the NYT bestselling author of 5 novels, including No Two Persons, The Scent Keeper, and The School of Essential Ingredients. Her memoir, House Lessons: Renovating a Life, was a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. Her novels have been translated into over 25 languages and have been chosen as a Reese’s Pick, a Costco Pennie’s Pick, and Indie Next Picks. Her writing has been called “delicious enough to devour.”
On the more academic side, Erica has a PhD in literature and is the co-author of two readers’ guides — 500 Great Books by Women and Let’s Hear it for the Girls. She has taught at both the University of Washington and Antioch University, and at workshops and conferences throughout the United States.
When describing her writing, Erica says: I write about the things we don’t pay attention to—our sense of smell, the food we cook, the houses we live in, the way our filters affect our perceptions of the world. I write about those quiet spaces between words, and all that goes on inside them. But most of all, I write about compassion—because that is what teaches us to see everything else.
All Hunter Moon Homestead Workshops Include:
- 2 days of expert guided instruction
- Rustic luxury lodging for 4 days and 3 nights
- A lavish welcome cocktail party
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner throughout your stay
- Afternoon snacks during workshops
- Unlimited access to the coffee and tea bar
- Access to the outdoor soaking tubs
- Welcome gifts
- Evening campfires
Select "Workshop Only" to arrange your own meals and accomodations.
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