Stay-Home Writing Retreat

Welcome to Helen Sword’s annual 5-day Stay-Home Writing Retreat!

To get started, click on the Getting Ready page, watch the video, and introduce yourself to your fellow stay-home retreaters.

Every morning for the next 5 days, you’ll receive an email directing you to your Before Writing and After Writing videos for that day.

If you get lost, you can return to this homepage at any time. Day by day as we progress through the week, each square bird icon below will metamorphose into a round portal leading to your videos for that day.

We’d love you to share your daily experiences (and, if you wish, samples of your experimental writing) with us in the Comments section at the bottom of each retreat page for feedback from your fellow participants. Please leave generous feedback for others in return.

Please watch our 11-minute getting ready video and introduce yourself in the Comments section.

Getting ready

1. Social goals

2. Physical goals

3. Aesthetic goals

4. Creative goals

5. Emotional goals