...reinvigorated my writing habit. I left the intensive feeling more in tune with my writing goals and intentions, excited for my various projects and with more tools under my belt to accomplish them. Scott Russell Morris
Three new essay drafts
Whole-Book Guidance
Publishing Opportunities
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The Rebirth Difference
Five focused days with craft lessons, publishing & writing seminars, and literary connections.
Your Own Safe Location
Virtual Intensive
5 days
September 10-14 2023
10AM-3PM USA Eastern Time
Community Connections
Facilitated networking, social time & small-group feedback sessions
Join from any quiet, focused location with internet access. All classes, workshops and community time happen via Zoom. We'll send a Do Not Disturb sign for your door.
All sessions are recorded for you to review or refresh in the 30 days after the intensive.
Dinty has published essays and stories in The Southern Review, The Georgia Review, Harpers, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Arts & Letters, The Normal School and elsewhere. A former professor of nonfiction writing at Ohio University, he serves as Editor-in-Chief for Brevity, a noted online journal of flash nonfiction.
Dinty consults regularly with authors and publishers on book proposals and revisions, many going on to publish with Big Five houses and university presses. A well-known and popular workshop leader, he has led workshops in Spain, Scotland, Ireland, Mexico, and throughout the United States.
She has edited and coached writers to deals with Penguin Random House, Knopf, Mantle, Spencer Hill, St. Martin’s and independent presses. She’s guided essayists to publication in the New Yorker, Time, the Guardian, the New York Times, McSweeney’s and TED Talks. As Social Media Editor for Brevity, she inspires thousands of writers with blogs on craft and the writing life.
A former circus performer, Allison has written for NPR, CBC, the New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor, Creative Nonfiction, McSweeney’s, Kenyon Review Online and Travelers’ Tales. Her plays, including Hamlette, Mmmbeth, The Next Horseman, and the London Fringe Best of Fringe Winner TRUE STORY, have been produced worldwide.
Your Best Writing Starts NowStay in safety and comfort. Connect with fellow writers and spark new work. This is your creative reboot.
Daily craft lessons are tailored for memoirists to generate new writing. You'll start three new essays and a blog post, or channel new writing into your existing project.
Creating Layers of Detail: We’ve been told regularly that “details matter,” but not all details work in the same way. Learn to differentiate and create powerful scenes and texture.
Writing the Impossible: How often have we heard people remark offhandedly, “It’s impossible to put into words”? Describing the seemingly indescribable is our job as writers. Let’s give it a try.
Experimental Essay in a Can: Enjoy an unusual prompt that leads to an unconventional flash essay.
Writing for Social Media and the Literary Blog: How short-form, service-driven writing sharpens your skills while engaging readers and building platform. Includes an opportunity to publish on the Brevity Blog.
Further your craft, refine your essays, and plan (or finish!) your book with in-depth explorations of structure, sentence, voice, and scene.
Structuring Your Memoir What's an "inciting incident" or a satisfying ending when you're writing your own life? What events belong in your book? Learn to structure your memoir or essay collection to engage readers, agents and publishers.
Beautiful Beginnings, Brilliant Endings Learn to write beautiful beginnings that hook the reader and powerful endings that leave them thinking about your work, long after they close the book or click away.
Memoir in Small Doses
Flash Nonfiction can open new doors for memoirists. Learn what works in a flash essay, what doesn’t, and how short flash moments can strengthen book-length work.
Crafting Powerful Characters (and Dialogue)
Creating compelling and realistic characters is challenging in memoir because we know the people we are writing about so well. But our readers have never met our mothers,
ex-lovers, spouses, children, or bullying neighbors, so we must bring them fully to life. How to do this? We’ll explore how character works, in real life and on the page.
Grab the Reader by the Brain: Fabulous First Pages Hear what agents, editors and readers are looking for when they pick up your query, essay or book. We'll give feedback and suggested edits on volunteers' first pages, and add tips for everyone's writing.
Monday and Wednesday, you'll attend one seminar live and receive a recording of the other.
Tuesday and Thursday have one seminar each afternoon.
Each morning craft lesson includes a generative prompt. Then, writers set intentions. You can:
Use this time to develop the prompt further, as the seed of a new essay
Look for ways to fold the raw material from the prompt into the project you're currently working on
Or, treat the prompt as a warm-up, and turn to your current project because you're "on fire" to work on it!
During Writing In Company, writers work individually, with or without their Zoom window active. Post-writing check-ins affirm your work. It's like writing at your favorite cafe—with a community of support.
Focused time and a committment to "show up" helps you plow through revisions or create new work.
Writing craft lessons and suggested prompts ignite your daily practice.
All teaching sessions are recorded, and you'll be able to rewatch for 30 days.
Rebirth Your Writing combines dedicated time with education, networking, and writing career growth. You'll leave with new work, new ideas, renewed commitment to your craft and at least one publication opportunity.
As much as we love travel retreats, "re-entry" is always tough. The virtual intensive happens in your regular writing place, helping you create a sustainable practice within your daily life.
Some writers will work on existing drafts, others will start from ideas they already have. Some writers will start from scratch and generate new material from the daily prompts.
Our first day includes a Zoom orientation. We'll cover how to participate verbally and in chat, how to spend time with your fellow writers in breakout rooms, and what options you have for questions and communication with Dinty and Allison.
All teaching sessions will be closed-captioned. If you have accessibility concerns, let us know. We'll work with whatever technology you need to make the virtual intensive work for you.
Allison and Dinty have (between them) worked with writers who are d/Deaf, hearing-impaired, blind, visually-impaired, neuro-atypical and with physical disabilities. We want to work with you—let's discuss how to make it an excellent experience.
You're responsible for your own food throughout the intensive. We'll have some scheduled coffee-and-chat times, and you're always fine to snack on- or off-camera during Zoom classes.
Develop the day's generated writing or work on an existing project. Everyone works on their own, with the energy of a shared virtual writing space. As Allison says, "If I'm writing with a buddy and I start to get bored or frustrated, I look up and think, I can't quit now—she's still going!"
At the beginning of each session, we set our intentions for the day.
Afterwards, we check in on how our writing went.
We'll do some optional small-group sharing, focusing on initial responses, and student work will be used as examples in craft seminars, but no intensive workshopping. Your focus is on your own words.
Rebirth Your Book/Rebirth Your Writing participates in AWP's Kurt Brown Prize, which awards $500 each year to emerging writers in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction who wish to attend a writers’ conference, center, retreat, festival, or residency. Winners and six finalists also receive a one-year individual membership in AWP. For more information, visit the AWP website.
If you are unable to attend and we can fill your place from the waitlist, we will refund your tuition minus a $50 administrative fee.
If we can’t fill your place from the waitlist, you may apply 50% of any payments made to a future live or virtual Rebirth Your Book event.
Refunds will be sent within 30 days of receipt of notice of cancellation.
Rebirth Your Book reserves the right to cancel the intensive in the event of civil unrest, natural disaster or Act of God. In the event of cancellation of the intensive in its entirety, you will receive a full refund of any fees paid. You agree to release Rebirth Your Book and its agents and/or representatives from any liability, including consequential expenses you may have incurred in planning to attend.
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If you are unable to attend and we can fill your place from the waitlist, we will refund your tuition minus a $25 administrative fee.
If we can’t fill your place from the waitlist, you may apply 50% of your fee to a future live or virtual Rebirth Your Book event.
Refunds will be sent within 30 days of receipt of notice of cancellation.
Due to the limited number of add-on editorial consultations, add-ons are non-refundable. Your balance can be applied to a future Rebirth Your Book event or to regularly priced editorial services.
Rebirth Your Book reserves the right to cancel the intensive in the event of civil unrest, natural disaster or Act of God. In the event of cancellation of the intensive in its entirety, you will receive a full refund of any fees paid. You agree to release Rebirth Your Book and its agents and/or representatives from any liability, including consequential expenses you may have incurred in planning to attend.
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ALL RESERVATIONS WITH REBIRTH YOUR BOOK ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
Submitting of registration form and payment of deposit to Rebirth Your Book indicates acknowledgement and acceptance of these Terms & Conditions.
ALL RESERVATIONS WITH REBIRTH YOUR BOOK ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: Submitting of registration form and payment of deposit to Rebirth Your Book indicates acknowledgement and acceptance of these Terms & Conditions.
RESERVATION REQUEST & PAYMENT:
Upon registrants request for reservation, Rebirth Your Book will advise registrant of amount of deposit needed to initiate a reservation and full charges to finalize. Upon receipt of deposit payment and acceptance by Rebirth Your Book, registrant will be notified of receipt of payment. The balance payment will typically be due a minimum of 4-6 weeks prior to intensive commencement. For reservations not confirmed with final payment, Rebirth Your Book reserves the right to amend or cancel reservation request.
EVENT/PRICING:
In the event of unforeseen circumstances over which Rebirth Your Book has no control, Rebirth Your Book reserves the right to offer a substitute accommodation of similar category. When extenuating circumstances dictate, prices, conditions or schedule may be subject to change or amendment. Rebirth Your Book will notify participant of any said changes within 48 hours of disclosure.
CANCELLATION/REFUND POLICY:
Once a deposit has been rendered and a Rebirth Your Book confirmation/invoice has been issued to client, any cancellation must reach Rebirth Your Book in writing. Cancellation penalties are as follows: If you are unable to attend, and Rebirth Your Writing can fill your place from the waiting list, your fee will be refunded minus a $25 administrative fee. See retreat/intensive FAQs for more cancellation information.
If we can’t fill your place, you'll be able to apply 50% of money paid to a future live or virtual Rebirth Your Book event. Due to the limited number of add-on editorial consultations, add-ons are non-refundable. Your balance can be applied to a future Rebirth Your Book event or to regularly priced editorial services. Refunds in accordance with this policy will be processed within 30 days of receipt of notice of cancellation; deposits are non-refundable. Rebirth Your Book reserves the right to cancel the intensive in the event of civil unrest, natural disaster or Act of God. In the event of such cancellation of the intensive in its entirety, you will receive a full refund of any fees paid. You agree to release Rebirth Your Book and its agents and/or representatives from any liability, including consequential expenses you may have incurred in planning to attend. We will provide you with documentation to support a claim to your travel insurance provider for flights and other expenses not paid to Rebirth Your Book.
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Participants with disabilities that require assistive technology to faciliate participation must make these known at the time of application, to ensure compatibility with planned events.
DISCLAIMER:
Rebirth Your Book makes every effort to ensure that the information provided to participants is correct, however, Rebirth Your Book assumes no liability for any errors or inaccuracies or external circumstances beyond its control such as, but not limited to staff cancellations, weather conditions, events which do not achieve the required retreat/program minimum, maintenance work, mechanical faults which may result in some amenities or scheduled events becoming temporarily or permanently unavailable. Rebirth Your Book reserves the right to make changes to the itinerary or facilitators.
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By registering with Rebirth Your Writing, I agree to release Rebirth Your Book and its officers, employees and agents from any and all liability for consequential damages or complaints resulting from any incurred loss, injury or death, accidents, damages, theft, grievances, extra expenses due to delays, damages or cancellations, schedule changes, sickness, quarantine, acts of nature, strikes, civil strife, war or warlike conditions or other circumstances beyond its control or for any of the above arising due to my participation in Rebirth Your Book retreats and/or intensives.
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All information shared by individuals on the registration form is used solely by Rebirth Your Book's administration and faculty. Rebirth Your Book does not and will not ever share, sell or trade personal information to any third party.
