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Workshops & Retreats

Are you an aspiring or experienced writer looking to improve your craft in an open and supportive setting, meet, support and be supported by writers from around the world? Then join us. The Writing Grove offers creative writing workshops and transformative retreats.

Retreats

Spend a transformative week cultivating your creativity in a small baroque town in Puglia, Italy.

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Together with a group of fellow writers, you'll learn the architecture of scenes, how to create captivating characters and write dialogue.

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Appropriate for all levels.

Writers making scenes retreat
3-9 November
Puglia, Italy

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Workshops

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What we're about

The Writing Grove can help you if:

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  • You struggle finding the time and inspiration for your creativity

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  • You love reading and have always wanted to write but don't know where to start

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  • You've been working on a piece of writing but are feeling a bit stuck lately and don't know what to do

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  • You want to join a global community of supportive writers cheering each other on

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Working with us will give you:

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  • The tools you need to demystify the writing process, elevate your writing and push your project forward

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  • The understanding of how to use voice, persona, setting, character & conflict effectively 

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  • The confidence to share your work and give and receive feedback in a workshop setting

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  • Skills to look at your work objectively, see what's working and what isn't

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  • If you want all this whilst experiencing an authentic, lesser-explored part of Italy, then check out our retreats.

We are especially focused on bringing stories from diverse writers to life

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Testimonials

"I learned a lot about how to improve my writing...  colour, context, background, senses...The feedback was really useful! The exercises were really well thought out and writing examples were really high quality. I found them motivating and challenging. 100% recommend to others." - Clare, France

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"I learned how to inject detail and emotion in my writing. I really enjoyed reading the sample exercises to gain insight. I do look forward to more opportunities with The Writing Grove - online and in-person :)" Lisa, USA

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"I really enjoyed the experience! I gained perspective on character. Recommend to others." - ME Rothwell, author of best-selling The Books that Made Us and Cosmographia on Substack.

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About me

Lloyd Miner, founder of the writing grove

I’m Lloyd. I’m a published author, with experience in theatre and film. I graduated from Columbia University with a degree in Film Studies and went into advertising, a career that took me around the world from New York City, to Sydney, Australia, to Amsterdam, in the Netherlands and now Italy. Along the way, my campaigns won global awards but I always kept writing for myself. 

 

I’ve had short stories published in the US and Europe, and my stage work has been performed in New York and London.

 

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Several years ago, looking to build an English-language community, in the Netherlands, I started my own writing group. Writers I’ve worked with have published short stories and novels, and have been nominated for and won several awards, including the prestigious Pushcart.

 

Now more than ever, people need a place where they can express themselves creatively. My workshops and retreats are spaces where you can slow down, get inspired and allow yourself the time and space for play and creativity. I create supportive, calm, open experiences where participants thrive.

 

I divide my time between the Netherlands and Nardò, the town in southern Italy where I hold the writing retreats. 

 

I can’t wait to work with you!

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