Organize your workspace. Choose your writing projects. Make your schedule.
Manage your tech. Detangle.
Create a funky place to lean your cell phone.
Gather ye rosebuds…er, gather your snacks. Include water.
Embrace the positive. Trust in the magic. Feel the love.
Do the work. Be kind to your creative soul. Quiet the inner critics. Slay the demons.
Do even more work. Feel all the feels. Discuss them with your writing partner. Don’t give up. What you write matters.
In case you missed it, here’s a the how-to (in words) on how to have a virtual writing retreat.
VANESSA SHIELDS, writer 