The
Red River Valley Writing Project is pleased to announce that we are
sponsoring a Winter Writing Retreat February 26-28, 2016, at Maplelag
Resort near Calloway, Minnesota (north of Detroit Lakes off Hwy. 59). Kelly was there on New Year's Day, and everything looked very good in the resort and out on the trails.
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| Sara Miller ice skating at the 2013 Maplelag Winter Writing Retreat |
The craft
component that we will feature at this year's Winter Writing Retreat is
dialog. Participants will have a chance to generate
new writing as well as work on drafts of previously written pieces. Our writing time at Maplelag will feature writing to
prompts, draft expansion activities, response from writing groups, revision time,
whole-group sharing, and individual editing/coaching. Angela Hase, Moorhead High School English teacher, will be our
Writing Retreat leader, with support from previous leader Pam Fisher. We are also working to offer the Writing Retreat for one credit of continuing education credits.
In
addition to writing time, participants will have some down time to try
their hand (and feet) at cross-country skiing, skating, snowshoeing,
and/or hiking on Maplelag's ponds/lakes and wooded outdoor trails. (For more information on Maplelag resort, check out their website.)
A weekend at Maplelag normally would cost $270.00-445.00 per person; but it will cost you only $75.00! The RRVWP picks up the rest of the bill.
Included in this low $75.00 Writing Retreat fee:
•lodging for two nights/three days,
•all meals (Friday evening meal, three meals on Saturday, and two on Sunday),
•full
resort access (NOT including equipment rental: Ski rental is $15 per
person, snowshoe rental is $5. Skates are no charge.),
•free wireless internet—bring your own laptop.
Participants
must make their own transportation arrangements. Once we have our group
defined, we will facilitate carpooling for those who wish to do so to
cut down on transportation costs.
We have room for only 8
participants at our Winter Writing Retreat. If you would like to attend
this year's Winter Writing Retreat, please apply by Monday, January 18.
Those who apply and are accepted will be notified by Friday, January
22. To apply, please send the following information to Pam Fisher (pam[dot]fisher[at]gfschools[dot]org)
1 - Your name, job title, and school/district.
2
- A statement of your goals for participating in the Writing Retreat
and how becoming better at writing dialog would help you meet those
goals.
3 - If you would be interested in one credit of continuing education.
If you have any questions about this Writing Retreat, please let Pam know.
Let's write!!
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