Writers Retreats

Stowe Writers Retreat: Sept. 15 - 19, 2023*

Remote Writers Retreat: June 29 - July 3, 2023

Connemara Writers Retreat (Co. Galway, Ireland): OCT. 9-13, 2023

Cambria, CAlifornia Writers Retreat: November 10-14, 2023

* Please note Rosh Hashanah begins on the 15th.

Please note, all dates and locations subject to change.

These five-Day Programs Feature:

  • Three, one-on-one, one-hour meetings with three different industry mentors to discuss your script, approach to project, or career pathway

  • Daily structured one hour, small group, peer-to-peer meetings

  • Group workshop sessions on subjects vital to developing the craft and navigating the business of screenwriting

  • Shared meal times, evening drinks, and activities in the area giving an opportunity for broader conversations between peers and mentors

  • Time to reflect and write

  • Beautiful, inspirational surroundings

Our writers retreats offer a rare opportunity for participants to invest five days in their writing and their professional development, and includes a host of top industry mentors such as:

  • Writer, Showrunner, and Producer Derek Simonds

  • Maven Pictures’ EVP and Head of Creative Jenny Halper

  • Writer and Director Bertha Bay-Sa Pan

To see the full roster of Stowe Story Labs mentors, please click here.

The fee to attend a Writers Retreat is $2,850. Our lodging partners offer steep discounts (and most offer breakfast), and we provide other meals and receptions during the time together so expenses during the program are kept to a minimum.

Here is a typical agenda:

Day 1:
- Introductions
- Workshop: theme and character
- Facilitated lunch time discussions, writing and revising
- Welcome dinner

Day 2:
- Writing and revising/small group structured story discussions
- One-on-one meetings
- Mentor Q&A
- Workshop: logline and synopsis

Day 3:
- Writing and revising/small group structured story discussions
- Optional outdoor time
- One-on-one meetings
- Mentor Q&A
- Dialogue BBQ

Day 4:
- Optional early morning mountain or desert adventure
- Writing and revising/small group structural story discussions
- One-on-one meetings
- Mentor Q&A
- Farewell dinner and drinks—pitch if you want to!

Day 5:
- Slow start/optional bike outing
- Writing and revising
- Workshop: subtext
- Sad and long farewells

“Your genuine warmth, passion, and care for the writers and the work you do is a gift. I am grateful to have been included.”

—Staci Greason (Long Beach)

“I'm forever grateful to you and to Stowe for the enormous gifts you shared with us. Priceless gifts that can move us forward in next level ways as creative artists, and as human beings.”

—Donna Bonilla Wheeler (Los Angeles)