{"product_id":"the-story-catalyst-a-writing-retreat-for-hte-soul-9781087875064","title":"The Story Catalyst: A Writing Retreat for hte Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou did not mean to live the life unwritten.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt's time to write your book, the one that illuminates the path of the here, now and forever.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhether your enduring path is fiction, \u003cbr\u003e memoir or trade nonfiction, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI can lead you to the truest sentence you know.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHi, I'm Carolyn Flynn, \u003cbr\u003e and I'm the story catalyst.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStory is my abiding love. Nothing makes me braver, more buoyant and more authentically myself than to be in pursuit of story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you have found this retreat workbook, you must also yearn to write a book that is bold, illuminating and true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou want to write a book that is worthy of a greater conversation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe you know some parts of your story, but not all. Maybe you seek an enduring path to publication, but the ever-shifting terrain of the book business is disorienting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou're daunted by discovering the message and delivering that book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI do the courage walk with authors, and together, we are targeted and joyful, attuning to the passion, vision and purpose of your book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI developed this retreat workbook for my in-person retreats, which are held at soul-stirring settings such as Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way or Utah's Zion National Park. But soon I discovered that I was working with my author clients one-on-one through the year, going deeper into the exercises here. And then I discovered that this workbook can serve as your own do-it-yourself retreat or an accompaniment to my virtual online retreats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you're wondering just how, exactly, to get started...if you're wondering what it is that you don't know yet...this workbook will save you time and equip you with solid tips in writing craft-the kind that hang most writers up, the kind that most writers with complete books say they wish they had known before they began.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou may also use this workbook to shore you up along the way, whether you're at the beginning or whether you're shoring up revisions on the next draft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis retreat workbook will guide you on the path. Let's begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlynn, Carolyn Dawn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Novel, short story and memoir writer Carolyn Flynn says story is her abiding love. \"Nothing makes me braver, more buoyant and more authentically myself than to be in pursuit of story,\" and that's what we do in The Story Catalyst one-on-one and group book coaching and writing retreats such as the Ireland Writing Retreat on the Wild Atlantic Way and the Seventh Heaven Writing Retreat near Zion National Park, Utah. She is the winner of the 2014 Rick Bass\/Montana Prize for Fiction and a semifinalist for the 2016 Elixir Press first novel award. Her creative nonfiction piece \"Pound of Flesh\" was published in 2011 in The Tampa Review and receiving a glowing review in The Review Review for its inventive take on the spiritual cost of rampant capitalism. Her creative nonfiction piece, \"Resurrection,\" was published in January 2015 by Fourth Genre and won second place in the 2013 Pinch Journal creative nonfiction contest, judged by Abigail Thomas. An earlier version was a finalist for the 2014 Steinberg Essay Prize. That piece is the genesis of her memoir-in-progress, \"You've Gone Too Far.\" She holds an MFA in Writing from Spalding University, consistently rated one of the top 10 brief-residency programs in the world in Poets \u0026amp; Writers magazine. Her work has appeared in Ellipsis, The Crescent Review, Albuquerque the Magazine, Wilde Frauen and the Albuquerque Journal. She is the co-author of seven books published by Penguin Putnam. A 2015 TEDxWomen speaker on the topic of \"Tell a Better Story, Live a Better Life,\" she was editor of Sage magazine for 16 years. Find out more at www.carolynflynn.com.","brand":"Indy Pub","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874474397970,"sku":"9781087875064","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_352de2b9-28bd-48ca-91dd-b7f7b516808f.jpg?v=1737995077","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-story-catalyst-a-writing-retreat-for-hte-soul-9781087875064","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}