Advanced Writing & Retreats

We will be programming in-person events for 2025-2026. Please get on our email list
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Advanced Writing and Retreats

Story Structure + PLUS

Kathrin Lake will take fiction and non-fiction writers through the crucial elements of story structure as well as critical advanced writing techniques. Tips in areas such as character development, descriptions, self-editing, setting, plotting. Get all your questions answered. This is an intense week-long live online Zoom course in which participants will do writing and plotting exercises, and share their work in a safe supportive environment.

February 17 - 21, 2025,  Monday to Friday 4pm – 6pm PST LIVE Zoom.
(6-8pm CT, 7-9pm ET)

How to Write a Murder Mystery

Author, Kate Lovecraft (pseudonym), will explain the nuts and bolts of writing a murder mystery in this intense 4-day course. Things covered will be genre expectations, plotting, characters, location, clues, denouement, and more. This will get new writers to the genre started, and others who are already writing, a new boost. Fun exercises and sharing.

March 24 - 27, 2025,  4pm – 6pm PST LIVE Zoom.
(6-8pm CT, 7-9pm ET)

Retreats

Mexico Writing Retreat

TBD - Tentatively planned for April 7 – 11th, 2025
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We facilitated top-level writing retreats from the years 2011 to 2020, and stopped for Covid. To relaunch them we would like to do them better than ever and that is taking time to develop.

Mexico Retreats

In Mexico

Canada Writing Conference - TBD

Victoria, B.C. , Canada