Creative Writing at Limnisa

 

 

  

"...what could be more fantastic than to write to the sound of the sea."

 

 

 Last year, in our fourth year of organizing Creative Writing Holidays at Limnisa, our very first participant from 2006 came back, all the way from New Mexico, to take part in our summer seminar. And while Katy was writing away, along with our other participants, in the garden or down on the beach, this article was published in Writers News. Click here to read it.

 

The Creative Writing Seminars at Limnisa consist of daily workshops on one of Limnisa's terraces overlooking the sea and the islands of the Saronic Gulf.

These sessions are serious and concentrated but also a lot of fun, with every one sharing their work. Every day you’ll be given a new assignment to work on in your own time. And in the late afternoon there’ll be a second, optional workshop to discuss general aspects of writing. You’ll also have the chance to book personal sessions with the tutor to talk about work in progress or your own writing projects.* (*at a small extra cost) 

  

However, it's not all hard work. There will be time to enjoy the garden at Limnisa, swim and snorkel from Limnisa's beach, go for a stroll in the olive groves or simply put your feet up and gaze out to sea from the hammock. Every morning you're welcome to join in an optional yoga session under the tamarisk trees.

 

 

We serve vegetarian breakfast and lunchtime buffets with a strong flavour of Greece, and in the evenings you 'll have the change to sample the local tavernas.

 

The courses at Limnisa are led by Philip Wooderson who is a much published author. He arranges creative writing days in schools and tutors new writers on-line. He has talked at the Cheltenham Literary Festival. 

Read more about Philip here.

 

  

What our Participants say 

"I achieved so much more than I expected. Limnisa is a little piece of heaven. And Philip! What a great teacher you are, totally inspiring."

"...it has been restful, productive and inspiring..."

"I enjoyed finding a new style and a new voice."

"Setting a new scene took my characters to new places - both geographically and metaphorically. "

"The course made me think in a different way about what I am writing and where I can take it."

"I made enormous progress with my writing. The format of the course arrived at just the right time for me - fitted me perfectly and more than fulfilled my expectations."

"Yoga was good too, a way to change gears and move forward into the day of thought."

"The location is blissful! The beach! The sculptures! So peaceful and with many places to go to and be alone to write and think." 

"Thanks Mariel & Philip! It's been a wonderful week & I know I will be back."

 

 

For more information on the writing seminar or a booking form contact us.