Writing Masterclass with Jonas Saul

Calling all storytellers! 🖋️✨ Unplug from the ordinary and plug into inspiration at our upcoming writing retreat. Immerse yourself in the tranquility of nature surround yourself with fellow writers and let the creative energy flow. Whether you're a seasoned author or just starting your literary journey join us for a week of words wisdom and wonderful connections. Let's turn the blank page into a canvas of endless possibilities! 🌿📖 #WritingRetreat #InkAndImagination #CreateWithPassion

The week-long Jonas Saul Masterclass offers a wealth of knowledge practical skills and a deeper understanding of your craft. All sessions aim to find more readers in your chosen genre and lean toward you writing cleaner fast-paced novels that people talk about (word of mouth).

Included:

- The novel idea

- To outline or not to outline

- Motivation: Use a daily word count or other ways - but write!

- Show don't tell: With examples on how to do that

- Use of active voice instead of passive with tips on how to do that and examples

- Style issues: Worm words to omit words to add. Cadence and flow are important

- Pace: How to write with pace effectively. What to do and what not to do

- Character motivation and scene purpose are broken down and discussed

- How to write to reader psychology so they enjoy the process

- Self-editing tips to tighten up your work. This saves money on editors and catches agents' eyes

- Add tension to the page. You'll receive tools on how to do that effectively

- Increase emotion on the page. Practical ways to do that on every page

- Industry standards on setup and preparation so you don't look amateur

- Cover art and design know-how tips

- Self-publishing vs. traditional?

- Are you querying agents? And self-publishing tips on how to look like a pro

- Promotion: There are ways to find readers without any financial outlay. We'll also discuss inexpensive yet efficient ways to spread the word.

- Promotion 101: Author Rania Stone will lead a beginner's session on social media covering funnel marketing landing pages and what you need your readers to see plus essential tips for your website (online presence).

- Once the retreat ends we offer video calls to discuss your writing career. We provide social media plugs to advertise your books as they're released for the following year to over 50000 followers on our combined social media.

THE RETREAT WEEK SUMMARY:

08:00 – 09:30--Buffet Breakfast.

10:00 - 13:00—Morning sessions run three hours with a short break in between. The itinerary below details these sessions. In the afternoons you can choose from various activities: edit walk the beach swim hike from one village to another or take a nap—whatever you like. The possibilities are endless and the choice is yours!

Afternoons - One-on-one sessions with Jonas to work on what you need: adding tension/emotion into your manuscript cover art formatting career social media etc.

20:00 - Meet for dinner then spend the rest of the evening chatting about writing. We’ll have readings critiques and motivational stories of successes and how to manage your career.

Tours: During our six-night stay on the island of Amorgos we'll visit the 11th-century monastery tour the white village of Chora and go on a village hike!

Also check out other Workshops in Naxos, Arts events in Naxos, Literary Art events in Naxos.