Past Events

BIG IDEA WEEKEND // Los Angeles, CA // Oct 2023

An intimate, two-day retreat focused on the concept at the heart of your project. We have a clear-cut, proven strategy for evolving your writing ideas so that they are more urgent, more actionable, more exciting. Day 1 was all about generating and developing writing projects, with a portfolio of actionable techniques (and clear examples!). Day 2 concentrated on the Why and the How — essential for any good project.

UNSTUCK RETREAT // Taos, NM // May 2023

A reset. A springboard. A gorgeous, century-old adobe ranch surrounded by fruit trees under the Taos Mountains. We believe good writing is born at the intersection of getting serious and letting go, of steady structure and joyful chaos. That’s what this week in Taos was all about.

We gathered 34 writers—of different backgrounds and genres—to share our vetted strategies and surprising techniques for strengthening their writing ideas. They got the behind-the-scenes dirt on our own processes and pitfalls. They also spent time in small groups, building relationships with each other. And they clocked some serious word-counts on their individual projects.