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Register now for our June Mini-Retreat (and a writers' group, too)!
Wholehearted Writers
May 27, 2026
Hello, writers! Registration is now open for the Wholehearted Writers Mini-Retreat … and for an eight-week writers’ group with Beth and Eliot, too! We’d so love for you to join us, or to spread the word.
Wholehearted Writers Mini-Retreat
This cozy Friday–Saturday event offers 2 full days of programming and interaction on Zoom and in Slack, plus an additional 2 days to connect in the Slack space. Join us to spark fun and new ideas in your writing life!
Dates: Zoom sessions June 26–27; Slack space access June 25–28; recordings available through July 5
Cost: $225
Register by: June 12
Friday and Saturday each include:
A prompted writing session
A writing sprint
Office hours with the Wholehearted Writers founders
A sustainable writing practices workshop
Friday: Discovering and cultivating a writing practice that works for you right now
Saturday: How neurodivergence, chronic pain, and other challenges interact with writing practices and what can work best for each of us
An hour learning with an invited speaker
Friday: “The Radical Four-Act Eastern Storytelling Structure,” presented by speculative fiction writer and writing teacher Henry Lien
Saturday: “Writing with Voices,” presented by essayist and writing teacher Sonya Huber
All the details, + registration: https://wholeheartedwriters.weebly.com/june-mini-retreat.html
Online Writers’ Accountability and Support Group
(Facilitated by Eliot West and Beth Wright)
What might you do with—and gain from—8 weeks of goal-setting, accountability, learning, exploration, deep reflection, and connection with other writers? This group coaching opportunity is for you if you have a writing project you want to make significant progress on, at any stage of development, in any genre (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.).
Dates: Wednesdays, June 10–July 28, 6:45–8:00 p.m. Central
Cost: $345 (Discounted rate of $325 for returning group participants + Wholehearted Writers Week attendees)
Register by: June 3
Each hour-and-a-quarter-long meeting (hosted on Zoom) includes time for participants to reflect on their writing practice, report on progress, and set goals for the week to come. Brief writing/creativity exercises encourage participants to identify writing strengths and challenges, consider new ideas and approaches, gather thoughts for discussion, and play around in useful ways. Previous discussion topics have included how to create achievable writing goals, perfectionism and the inner critic, the writer's many voices, and inspiration from other writers and artists.
Between sessions, we provide homework in the form of resources to read or view, tips for creating a sustainable writing practice, and ideas to explore, so that we can spend more of our time together in open conversation centering your particular experiences, knowledge, and challenges.
All the details, + registration: https://www.eliotwesteditorial.com/writing-group.html
Until next time,
Wholehearted Writers Team