Flight Plan—an Ink Retreat
Small Groups. Big Breakthroughs. Focused Support.
Finally—put your manuscript first for a whole day.
Permission granted. Let your writing take flight as you join the Book Dragons for a two-day, live-online writing retreat. You'll find the support, motivation, and accountability you need to make the progress you crave. We provide dedicated time to write, collaborative community time, craft workshops, and access to book coaches.
$97 –> $67 and you get TWO tickets for the price of one.
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We are taking it even further and are offering all of this to you as a BUY ONE, GET ONE event.
Some of you might want to surprise someone with a ticket, or you might want to split the cost with a friend—either way, we look forward to seeing you both in January 😊.
What's Included at this Ink Retreat?
1.5 days of focus and support for your writing
Craft and/or writing-process workshops
Book coach access for personalized advice and check-ins on how the writing is going
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'll 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 say goodbye.
✨ 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 in our branding, 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 this event, 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 includes:
Plenty of optional community time
Workshop #1: Themes & Throughlines for Your Book and Your Year!) & Writing Activity - by Katherine Suzette
Workshop #2: How to Adjust Your Writing Plans & Goals When Life Isn't Sticking to the Plan & Activity - by Sage Moreaux
Workshopping and Q&A time with Book Coaches Sage & Katherine
Day 2 includes:
More community time
Guided, structured writing time
Story Seed activity with Zinzi Bree to spark your inspiration and motivation at just the moment it tends to wane
Book Coach access at scheduled times throughout the day
The craft workshops:
Claim Your Why: Rewrite Your Process
Stuck? Resolutions already gone off the rails? Goals feeling overwhelming? Sage understands. Sometimes all it takes to make great strides in your work is the proper mindset. As you prepare to dive deeply into your manuscript, Book Coach Sage will help you rediscover why you started your current project in the first place and how to transform this thread of inspiration and excitement into a sustainable writing process, allowing you to write with confidence throughout this Ink Retreat and beyond.
The Golden Threads—Themes and Throughlines
As we aim to take flight on our writing journeys this year, Book Coach Katherine will help you identify and follow your book's golden threads that guide you, your plot, and your characters all the way through to "the end." These tools are extremely useful for any stage of drafting or revisions, and as far as Katherine is concerned, must be identifiable before querying or publishing. This is part of her "Get to Know Your Book" series—but it's a standalone workshop—you do not need to have attended a past event to get the most out of this workshop.
The Inspiration and Motivation-Fueling Game:
Story-Seed: A Fun Plot, Character, and Setting-Building Exercise using The Story Engine Deck
In the words from Story Engine Deck themselves, "Don't wait for the muse." Community Captain, Zinzi Bree, runs a tight ship and a brilliant, gamified, inspiration session. Check the game out by clicking this link.
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You get two tickets for the price of one!
How Do We Know This Works?
This Ink Retreat 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
Flight Plan Ink Retreat is *OPEN*
January 30th & 31st
30th: 9am - 12pm PST
31th: 9am - 4pm PST
Find the times in your preferred timezone here
A special gift for all January retreat attendees: An invitation to Write With Me, Zinzi Bree on Friday, January 30th from 1 - 3 PM PST via zoom! Follow up your Forge Day prep work with three writing sprints, plus community support, hosted by Zinzi. Loosen up your writing muscles before our full day of writing.
Can't make the January dates? No worries!
Get on our waitlist by clicking here to get notified when we add future retreats to the calendar.
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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.
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.
Our Signature Ink Retreat 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, we 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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