Professional Writing Retreats

2004 Professional Writing Retreat A Highlights

Writing Your Draft

Photographs from the 2004 Professional Writing Retreat A.

The Inn at Sunrise Springs features koi ponds, healing and organic gardens, and numerous paths to venture on in search of the perfect place to write.

The Blue Heron Restaurant at the Inn at Sunrise Springs (Santa Fe, New Mexico).

The ceremonial circle at the Inn at Sunrise Springs (Santa Fe, New Mexico).

A view of the Inn at Sunrise Springs (Santa Fe, New Mexico).

Participants from 17 writing project sites attended the 2004 NWP Professional Writing Retreat A: Writing Your Draft, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Ida Teverbaugh-Turpin, co-director of the Oakland (MI) Writing Project.

Ida Teverbaugh-Turpin, of the Oakland (MI) Writing Project, Nancy Desommes, of the Georgia Southern Writing Project, and Cheryl North-Coleman, of the Maryland Writing Project, provide feedback to one another in their writing group during the NWP Professional Writing Retreat A.

Cathy Bell, co-director of the Southwest Georgia Writing Project.

Margaret Simon, of the National Writing Project of Acadiana, receives feedback from Carol Tateishi, director of the Bay Area Writing Project and chair of the NWP Professional Writing Retreats leadership team.

Shelly Unsicker of the Oklahoma Writing Project.

Toby Emert, of the Bluegrass Writing Project, and Denise Amos, of the Louisville Writing Project, share insight in regard to their writing.

Participants gather in a circle during Professional Writing Retreat A: Writing Your Draft.