Writer's Retreat

Guest Blog! We asked one of our lovely writers about her experience with us at writer's retreat - we thought it better you heard it from the horse's mouth... Here is what Zoe had to say... and yes, Zoe is a Greek name ; ) “Writing is the act of discovery.” ― Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within And oh how I discovered on the writer’s retreat. The discoveries I made about myself, the beauty of my surroundings, the value of change, human and spir

There’s been a rise of morally complex, morally ambiguous characters in recent TV drama. These characters challenge us to position them morally. They demonstrate an obscure or skewed moral compass – this makes us hard to pin and define them. But maybe this is a good thing. How many times do we need to adjust our moral appraisals of people in real life? And can fixing a moral standpoint ever be positive? The Antihero has become King. I use the word King advisedly – one thing a

Being your own boss is hard. As writers, we need to motivate ourselves, but there is a tipping point. My inner dialogue between my boss and my creative self runs something like: ‘I need to stay in bed and carry on dreaming to find out what happens’ ‘You’ve got nothing down on paper damn it, get to work!’ ‘But I’m not feeling inspired’ ‘You’re a waste of space, call yourself a writer?’ And so on. Before long the pressure I put on myself can turn corrosive. Before I know it tha