Journey to Jupiter
A 5 day, 4 night retreat
for memoir writers & novelists.
The Journey to Jupiter Writing Retreat offers time away from day to day responsibilities, the camaraderie and support of other writers, and sessions to help writers gain the skill and understanding they need to tell their story.
Writers will learn and grow via:
Discussions of assigned readings
Sessions with exercises on character, plot, structure, language, description, and setting
Honest conversation about writing process and practice, how to work through blocks, and the role of community
1:1 sessions with instructors focused on each writer’s unique challenges
Solo time to reflect, integrate, and write
This retreat is designed for committed writers who have completed a draft of a book project or want to.
Some writers arrive with a full manuscript they don’t know what to do with; others arrive with a project in mind but an obstacle or stuckness preventing them from forward progress.
What matters is not what you are writing or how much you’ve written, but your commitment to thoughtful, authentic storytelling.
LAUNCH COORDINATES FOR
2025 Journey to Jupiter Writing Retreat
DATE: September 17-21, 2025
LOCATION: Camp Zeke, Lakewood PA
COST: $1685 for single occupancy, $1325 for double occupancy. Payment in full will be due by July 15, 2025.
Financial assistance is available. If cost is your only obstacle to attending, please still apply.
Ready to blast off?
“The retreat was brilliantly structured–an expert combination of some lecture, lots of active full-group work, small group work, and structured assignments for the personal writing time.”
“I LOVED THIS RETREAT.
I really appreciated the thought that went into it,
the advance communication including personalized emails, the structure and schedule,
the skillful facilitation and community building.”
“I was hoping that the retreat would inspire me to keep writing after a summer hiatus. It did!! And I'm excited to be working on my book again. In addition, I feel much clearer about how to proceed because the writing exercises and book discussions served to clarify so many points for me.”
“I felt safe.
There was a welcoming sense of community
from the start and throughout.
That allowed me to arrive, rather quickly, to a place of self-actualization about myself as a writer, my writing, and the writing process.
In short, it was transcendent.”
“It was an amazing experience to spend the weekend in such a nurturing environment surrounded by like-minded writers.”
Read more about Jupiter:
Getting away with your writing:
How to successfully stage your own writing retreat
Wanna go to Jupiter with me?
The launch of the Journey to Jupiter retreat, a multi-day getaway for writers working on book-length creative projects (fiction and memoir)
My trip to Jupiter:
Finding creative community on the first mission to Jupiter.
