Ink Retreats
Small Groups. Big Breakthroughs. Focused Support.
Clarity, Community, and Creative Flow for Writers Online
Finally—permission to put your manuscript first for a whole day.
How Do We Know This Works?
This Ink Retreat, "The Cavern," is built by writers, for writers.
We have felt lonely, lost in our manuscripts, and stuck on what to do next. We've heaved our sighs, given up, and walked away from our books.
We've committed ourselves to designing a writing process that WE love and which helps US make substantial progress on our books. Join us as we unveil it to the public for the first time
Our final Ink Retreat of 2025 - "The Cavern" - is *OPEN*
December 5th & 6th
5th: 9am - 12pm PST
6th: 9am - 4pm PST
Find the times in your preferred timezone here
Can't make these dates? No worries! Get on our waitlist by clicking here to get notified when we add future retreats to the calendar.
What's Included in Ink Retreat's "The Cavern"?
- 1.5 days of focus and support for your writing, including:
- Intention-setting exercise
- Inner-critic taming tips
- Accountability check-ins to keep you on target and/or adapting to your manuscript's needs
- Book coach access for personalized advice
- Story Seed game featuring The Story Engine Deck to invigorate creativity
- Dedicated, structured, writing time for getting your words on the page
- Breaks - both silent and chatty options are available
- Permission to say "no" to anything other than writing
✨ We will gather online for structured writing sprints, creative break-times, optional book coaching, and community connection with your fellow Inkwrights.
✨ Be ready to write your heart out; however, we care more about you making progress on your manuscript than about what draft you're on, where you begin the day when you arrive, or where you finish by the time we're finished.
✨ What you need to work on is whatever serves your story best: First draft, revisions, world-building, plotting, brainstorming—it all counts as progress on your manuscript.
Whilst Book Dragon Ink is oriented towards fantasy, we are not a fantasy exclusive retreat. If our vibe, coaches, and additional activities sound like a fit for you, then please join us. All genres are welcome.
✨ The coaches on board for these first two events, Sage Moreaux and Katherine Suzette, specialize in early drafts, revisions, and character-driven plots, so bring your manuscript, as your questions or get help as you need it, and make the progress you've been dreaming of.
✨ At just the right moment, Zinzi Bree will lead an optional Story Seed game featuring The Story Engine Deck for those who need a break, are experiencing creative blocks, or who need some inspiration to help them reconnect with their story.
What's the Schedule?
Day 1:
This 3-hour session prepares you and your manuscript for the following day so that you don't get stuck in the weeds.
This includes 2 mini-workshops from Sage and Katherine created to do two or more of the following:
- help you identify areas of your book to work on,
- create a clear plan for your writing the following day and beyond,
- figure out how to talk clearly about your book with others (no more glazed over eyes when you tell people what you’re up to),
- help yourself understand where the book starts and where it ends,
- and make friends with your inner critic.
This is where we will introduce you to your fellow retreat attendees, so come ready to introduce yourself and your manuscript!
Day 2:
The second day of the event is 6-hours of writing, troubleshooting, and progress. Enter the room and get to writing during our guided sprints. This is the day where we'll help you kindle your motivation fire and stay obsessed with your story.
- You'll have access to book coaches for all of your burning questions—from brainstorming plot hole fillers to implementing revisions—and for accountability should you want it.
- We'll also host a creative-block-busting game to bring back some creativity during the second half of the day. This has been helpful for reconnecting writers with their stories, figuring out a good plot twist, and developing a new character for readers to fall in love with.
Don't fret, there will be breaks throughout the day, including a longer "lunch" break mid-retreat!
Upcoming Events:
Ink Retreat - "The Cavern" - is OPEN
December 5th-6th
5th: 9am - 11am PDT
6th: 8am - 3pm PDT
Click here to find the times in your timezone
Who are your hosts for the event?
😳 Sage Moreaux - YA fantasy writer, founder of Book Dragon Ink, host, and book coach for Ink Retreats, Book Dragon Banter podcast co-host, and professional book content reviewer. Find more about her and her books on her site: Read or Bleed
🧐 Zinzi Bree - Cozy romantasy writer, founder of Book Dragon Ink, game master for Ink Retreats, Book Dragon Banter podcast co-host, host of Write With Me Zinzi Bree's online writing group. For info on her (almost) daily write-ins, follow this link to her Substack.
🤓 Katherine Suzette - Speculative fiction writer, founder of Book Dragon Ink, host and book coach for Ink Retreats, Book Dragon Banter podcast co-host, and developmental book editor + book coach at Book Dragon Editorial.
How will you receive event updates and links?
Everything will be sent out via email!
Once you sign up, go find our welcome email from dragons@bookdragonink (check spam if you don't see it pretty quickly) and save it to your approved contact list.
We will send a form that you MUST fill out to guarantee your spot.
Nitty-gritty details:
- You must be 18 or older to attend.
- You will need: reliable internet, a Zoom-capable device (computer, tablet), and whatever you use to write (laptop, Word/other writing program, etc.).
- All times listed are PST / PDT unless otherwise noted. Here is a link to a time converter for you to find the time of our events in your preferred time zone.
- You do not have to be writing fantasy to join our retreats or to join in the mini-workshops or activities.
- Ink Retreat's "The Cavern" is one 3-hour/half-day session and a 6-hour/full-day session of structured time (with breaks!), designed to give you focused writing without burnout.
- Whilst we would love to have you for the full experience, life happens—we get it. If you need to leave and come back, or leave early, just send us a private message to let us know all is well, then do what you need to do.
- However, access to all vault content will be restricted from all participants at the end of the event regardless of whether you were present for the whole event or only part of it.
- What happens in the lair, stays in the lair. Unless we get explicit permission to record for our own training purposes, there will be no recordings. Participants are not allowed to record any portion of the event for any reason. Bottom line: you are safe here to write, share, and grow.
- We may ask to take a group photo for our social media, but you are welcome to opt out. No photos or screenshots taken by participants may be taken, used, or shared publicly.
- We do not offer refunds, however in relevant circumstances may be able to devise an agreeable solution to participants. Please read our policy regarding refunds and returns at this link.
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