Write in Greece
Join Us June 13–20, 2027
Come to the island of Antiparos for a week of writing, exploration, and relaxation in excellent, creative company, guided and inspired by two beloved writing teachers and story makers.
Secrets - an exploration for characters and writers!
What is the secret to great storytelling?
What is the secret to great storytelling? We will explore the powerful processes for finding story that often go unspoken.
How do secrets themselves seed story?
Miscommunications and misunderstands, hidden cues and clues, revelations, shifts in perspective, new insights as blinders fall away, and the struggle for the courage to live in truth: in many ways, secrets are the secret to story.
One more secret:
Getting away from the onslaught of demands, requests, news, junk, and dailiness of daily life and onto an island of beauty and creativity is the secret to productivity. You know this.
You get more done in a week here--more writing, more dreaming, more achievement of clarity and vision, more connecting the dots, more deep diving, more centered embracing of your voice and story--than in any number of work sessions smashed in between everything else. And another secret?
The magic stays with you. Not forever--that's why we are all ready to get back there and revive and refresh it--but for a long time. You have the taste of open joy and doubt-free creative imagination with you as you return to, and transform, your writing life.
YOUR CREATIVE MENTORS
Elizabeth Stark
Elizabeth Stark is a novelist (Shy Girl: FSG, finalist for the Ferro-Grumely and Lambda Literary Awards) and award-winning filmmaker (producer of Lost in the Middle: Best Feature at Broad Humor 2019 and a Festival Favorite at Cinema Diverse; co-director and co-writer of FtF: Female to Femme and Little Mutinies, distributed by Frameline), co-hosts the podcast Story Makers Show, and co-directs and teaches at Sonoma County Writers Camp and Story Makers Academy, and serves on the advisory board for the Bay Area Book Festival. She earned her MFA from Columbia University, and her work has appeared in The New York Times and The Rumpus.
Nanou Matteson
Nanou Matteson has produced five feature films and written, directed and produced many short films. Her films have won multiple awards at numerous festivals across the country and around the world. She has consulted on scripts for dozens of screenwriters and taught writing in the States and in Europe. Whether teaching classes, consulting, producing movies or mentoring individuals, she has been helping writers and filmmakers achieve their goals for more than thirty years, including works of fiction, screenplays, films, academic books, memoirs, newsletters, and more. Nanou believes that story is a blueprint for life and loves coaching people to express their story.
What's Included?
deep dive craft workshops
with Elizabeth stark
story development workshops
with Nanou matteson
All meals
LODGING IN
HOLLYWOOD HILLS
AGENT MEETINGS &
PITCH SESSIONS
Agent/ Industry Presentations
end of retreat show in LA
Table Reads for screenplays and prose
improv skills for writers
creative community
individualized guidance
Your Investment - Two Options
$5750 ($5450 early enrollment before October 15, 2026)
Enjoy luxury four-star hotel accommodations, all breakfasts, community lunches and dinners, plus full tuition for daily workshops with Nanou and Elizabeth, student readings, individual coaching, and optional group writing times everyday!
OR
$4250 ($3975 early enrollment before October 15, 2026)
Enjoy luxury two-star hotel accommodations, all breakfasts, community lunches and dinners, plus full tuition for daily workshops with Nanou and Elizabeth, student readings, individual coaching, and optional group writing times everyday!
POLICY: $500 deposit is non-refundable. The remainder of your tuition is due March 1 and is non-refundable after that time.
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