Writers' Retreat

I went on my first writers' retreat this weekend, courtesy of a friend living in Buckinghamshire. She was kind enough to share her house with three friends. We all settled down with our laptops, buckets of tea and a fearsome timetable. I really enjoyed having someone giving me strict writing slots between breaks and it was a great way of focusing the mind, sharing experiences and being torn away from the Internet. I achieved a lot and, most importantly, felt the support and kindness of others as we all experimented, smoothed, polished, adventured, probed - wrote! I thoroughly recommend a strict schedule and kind friends as a way of writing. Oh, but if you really want a successful writers' retreat you need chocolate. And Haribo.