Retreat to Write
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Achieve Extraordinary Levels of Success
Worth Celebrating!
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Welcome Extraordinary Writers!
Join Writing and Celebration Coach, Dr. Karen Lindwall-Bourg at “Retreat to Write” events!
Finally write and publish your extraordinary work at levels of success worth celebrating!
Click here/Register to choose your Retreat to Write package.
You’ve been aching to write!
Our Retreats provide:
- a like-minded nurturing community,
- the expertise and experience of our writing and publishing coach,
- an opportunity for winning action, and
- the planning and structure necessary to help you reach extraordinary levels of success worth celebrating with your writing (and publishing)!
All at a serene and beautiful getaway spot! It doesn’t get better than this!
The Retreat to Write experience is for you if:
- It’s been way too long since you’ve treated yourself to a relaxing get-away and a beautiful sunset by the lake
- You crave a fresh live or virtual setting without those pesky distractions and interruptions
- You need the blessings of encouragement from a connected community of like-minded writers
- You’ve had that special writing project on your mind for quite a while
- You need new inspiration to share your God-given message and enhance your influence of others
- You need a creative boost and help moving from analytical and methodical to creative and artistic sides of your writing brain
- You’re ready for a proven writing technique that helps you crank out this new idea
My first book was suggested, then requested by a specialty publishing company. It was a 3 year long and painful process and it took me awhile (another 3 years) to write again! Once I joined a group of writers like ours and learned to Retreat to Write, I was able to write and publish 1 or more books a year! – Karen
Pick Your Preferred Dates:
2022 Dates
March 3 – 6
March 24 – 27
Orlando Experience
“So Close to Disney I can Feel It”
May 5 – 8
August 4 – 7
November 3 – 6
Live Plan
Plan to come to beautiful Winnsboro, TX
Choose Your Room
Live Orlando
Plan to come to Orlando
March 24-27 Only
“So Close to Disney I Can Feel it”
Virtual Plan
Join us from the comforts of your own peaceful space and enjoy the fellowship and encouragements of other writers via our Retreat to Write ZOOM Room!
- Mark Your Calendar
- Choose Your Preferred Date
- Pay
- Attend
— LIVE: you pay based on the room you choose – includes room, meals, gift bag, coaching if needed
— Virtual: once you’re in the Group, you are in for the life of the Group! - Friend Karen on Facebook @karen.lindwallbourg
- Ask to JOIN the Facebook Group @RetreatToWrite
- Prepare an annotated outline
- Let’s Retreat to Write!
The Retreat to Write Experience Offers You:
- A quiet getaway at the Rhema Lakeside Retreat Center in Lake Winnsboro, East TX.
(Over 3 delightful nights and 4 productive days in a tranquil environment with beautiful views from the boat dock and scenic walks on the property!) - Purposefully planned writing times using the proven Pomodoro technique.
- Productive writing strategies that will get your creative writing juices flowing and help YOU pursue your project with focus and momentum.
- Inspiration and guidance with synergy, fun, friendship, connection, and celebration (that’s our favorite part; celebrating every step of the process with YOU!)
At the end of the Retreat to Write Experience, you will have:
- Processed successfully through your project with guidance as needed.
- Created a product you can be proud of.
- Felt supported and celebrated through the process of your writing project.
- Moved from writing dream to reality by using the Pomodoro method for over 3 hours of planning, 12 project writing hours, and more than 6 hours of processing and sharing.
What you need to do to be part of this amazing opportunity:
- Register for the Rhema Lakeside Writing Retreat In Winnsboro, TX here.
- Register for the virtual writing retreat here.
- Bring YOUR outline. This can be an outline for a memoir, movie, children’s book, journal, magazine, editing project, recipe book, novel, non- fiction work, workbook, podcast, or web design and more.
- Come prayed up and ready to write.
Need to Know
Who?
You! You! You!
Are you a novice just starting out and need a business hug filled with some “how to” to get you going? Perhaps you are an experienced writer and just want the synergy that you get from a group of women writing, sharing, laughing and working together! Or maybe you are in between and just need some time away from the daily ‘everything’ to get that project done! If so, join us! We are here for you and we want to spur you on!
It doesn’t matter if you are creating podcasts, drafting a magazine, writing a movie, developing a workbook or any other creative project, sign up and let’s create together.
What?
YOU will be guided through prayer, brainstorming, outlining, planning, writing, reflection, revisions and celebrations! The 2.5 hour blocks of focused time using the Pomodoro method make it possible to crank out just about anything: books, journals, music, magazines, workbooks, and more. The sky’s the limit, but in this case, the sky at the lakeside retreat center is amazing! Look at the blue captured in the picture at the top. Yes…it is a perfectly peaceful place to write and relax! Click here to join, virtually or at the lake!
When?
NOW!
How many times have you said to yourself that you will someday work on a family recipe book to pass down to your children? Or how often have you looked at a family journal and promised yourself to create a memoir of that loved one? Have you ever put that little-book-idea aside for your grandkids and just never had time to create it because you are too busy playing with them? Now is the time to take it off the shelf and get it done.
Where?
We have two retreat options available. One is LIVE in a like-minded group at the Lakeside Retreat Center and one is VIRTUAL. Both provide the opportunity to get your writing done with focus and synergy. Come to the peaceful Lakeside Retreat Center with several other writers and time with God in nature or join us virtually. With connection, focus, synergy, and the Pomodoro method, you will accomplish what you’ve always dreamed of doing, so stop dreaming and sign up.
See more about Virtual vs. Live Below…
Options & Accommodations
Options:
Virtually: from your home or from a fun location of your choice that is away from the hustle and bustle of life!
Live: Lake Winnsboro, in East Texas. (Fly into TYR- Tyler Pounds Regional Airport, Tyler TX or into DFW – Dallas-Ft Worth Airport.)
- Texas Room (shared room with 4 twins available)
- Floral Room (shared room with 2 twins available)
- King Room (private room with king bed and bathroom.
Live in Orlando: “So Close to Disney I Can Feel It” – March 24 – 27 only.
Live Accommodations Include:
- 3 nights at the Rhema Lakeside Writing Retreat Lake house
- All meals included. No extra hidden costs.
- Extra tables for writing privacy will be available.
- Mastermind sessions.
- Hikes and walks and time with God alone in His beautiful creation.
- Relaxation blocked in between writing times.
- And more!
Live In Orlando ( March 24 – 27 Only):
“So Close to Disney I can Feel It” Event
- Room of Her Own: $279
- Shared Room $229
- Perks: indoor pool, close to Disney (so let us know if you want to come early and go to Disney)! We’ll work something out.
- TBA: Chef, Massage Therapist…
- This is a special event, so the place and accommodations are different, but Our Writing Adventure Schedule will be the same!
How?
The Retreat to Write Lakeside Experience is just what you’ve been looking for to get the help (and accountability) YOU need to make it happen! Set aside 4 days to get that project finished and come to the lake or connect through zoom and let’s zoom to the end of the retreat with your finished project.
Living Room & Dining Area
Bedroom One: 2 Twins
Cozy Kitchen
Bedroom Two: 2 Twins & 2 Trundles
Master Bedroom with Ensuite Bath
Sunset from the dock
Sunrise from the dock
Media Room & Write and Play Room
View of Lake
Your Writing Adventure Schedule
Four days packed full of writing, beautiful scenery and more! (schedule subject to change).
Day 1 - Thursday
- Bring a rough-draft outline
- 3pm-6pm / Arrive
- 5pm / Dinner / Get settled into your rooms and then enjoy a dinner together.
- 6pm – 8pm / Planning Session / We will
- finalize details and plan for writing over the next two days.
Day 2 - Friday
- 7-8:30 / breakfast
- 8:30 / prayer
- 9:00-11:30 Two Sessions / Let’s Write! / We’ll write from 9:00-11:30am, take a break for lunch and then write again from 12:30-3:00. We will use the Pomodoro technique for ALL writing sessions.
- 11:30 / break for lunch
- 12:30-3:00 / Let’s Write! / We’ll write from 12:30-3:00pm. We will use the Pomodoro technique for ALL writing sessions.
- 2:30-5pm / Free Time / Enjoy some downtime in this beautiful area hiking or relaxing.
- 5pm – 7pm / Dinner IN / Enjoy a delicious dinner together after a productive day of writing and exploring.
- 7pm – 9pm / Processing Session / We will dive-deep into our manuscripts and overcome any obstacles we encountered during the day. Share something you wrote – We can only allow about 5 minutes per writer!
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Day 3 - Saturday
- 7:30-8:30 / breakfast
- 8:30 / prayer
- 9:00-11:30 Two Sessions / Let’s Write! / We’ll write from 9:00-
- 11:30am, take a break for lunch and then write again from 12:30-3:00. We will use the Pomodoro technique for ALL writing sessions.
- 11:30 / break for lunch
- 12:30-3:00 / Let’s Write! / We’ll write from 12:30-3:00pm. We will use the Pomodoro technique for ALL writing sessions
- 2:30-5pm / Free Time / Enjoy some downtime in this beautiful area hiking or relaxing.
- Evening / Dinner on the LAKE / We will enjoy a farewell dinner out together.
- 7pm – 9pm / Proceed Session / Our final mastermind session to take us across the finish line. Share something you wrote – We can only allow about 5 minutes per writer!
Day 4 - Sunday
- 7-8:30 / breakfast
- 8:30 / prayer
- 9am-10:30am / Wrap up / We will wrap up on the weekend and celebrate all we accomplished. You can pack a lunch of left-overs to take with you when you leave.
- Noon / Return Home / Time to pack up and return home.
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SPECIAL SPRING EVENT
Orlando: “So Close to Disney I Can Feel It”
March 24 – 27
