Road Trip Wednesday is a ‘Blog Carnival,’ where YA Highway’s contributors post a weekly writing- or reading-related question that begs to be answered. In the comments, you can hop from destination to destination and get everybody’s unique take on the topic.
This Week’s Topic:
Describe your dream writing retreat. Where would you go? Who and what would you bring?
I was talking about this with my hubby not too long ago…so it’s quite a timely post 🙂
I was talking about this with my hubby not too long ago…so it’s quite a timely post 🙂
I currently write in the train while I commute or on the week-ends at home but if I could, I would fly to the US and hide myself there:
I would book myself a room in a Bed and Breakfast or a little place close to the sea. I would only bring my laptop and my kindle. I would go for long walks on “Singing beach”, listen to the sand under my feet and feel the salty breeze on my face. I would sit next to the window or in a little coffee shop and write.
Why would I go there you may wonder?
I fell in love with that area when now-hubby and I went for a romantic week-end in Sandwich, MA in a great Bed and Breakfast (I can only recommend it: Isaiah Jones Bed and Breakfast).
Plus, my WIP takes place in Manchester-By-The Sea 🙂
What would be YOUR dream writing retreat?
Elodie Nowodazkij 
Wow, that looks very pretty! Bit different from the original Manchester in England ^_^
Just a tad :-)))
I’m with Mary. It should be called Not-Manchester-by-the-Sea. 😉
Gorgeous!
I know a Mary Cole. I meant Miss Cole. 😀
Lol :-)) It is indeed very pretty. I have something for that type of places 🙂
Manchester-by-the-Sea! I almost spewed my beverage when I read that. I used to live down the road in Magnolia, MA. How weird is that? The seaside is an amazing place to write, no doubt about it. And I love Singing Beach!!
OMG! What a coincidence! :-))) Singing Beach just sounded so beautiful and mysterious when I started researching places, i had to let my characters get to know it :-)))
My dream writing space… this is a tough one. I can write almost anywhere, but something like you said up there would be most excellent. I love New England and desperately want to visit it some day. Alternatively I think Ireland or Scotland would be fun as well. Somewhere by the sea with some day trips to see some castles. Bliss! ❤
Day trips to castles sounds great too! I have never been to Ireland and Scotland but would love to go! 🙂
Pretty!
I love beaches! And that boat on the first pic looks nice too lol
Beaches are just wonderful! 🙂 I miss them…
This is a great choice. I used to live there, and it’s definitely peaceful and beautiful.
Btw, I owe you an email. Coming up shortly 🙂
Thanks Tarah 🙂 It´s really a small world! Thanks for your email, I owe you a reply now 🙂
Manchester-by-the-Sea sounds great!
Doesn´t it? I love those pictures…this place just looks beautiful!
Nice! Yours looks similar to mine, only opposite US coasts.
Lol 🙂 The water seems to be inspiring somehow…I saw it popping up on a lot of blogs for this RTW…
I can understand going somewhere because your WIP is set there, to capture the atmosphere and get a sense of the geography. I’m not sure I could do more than take notes, though. I’d be too busy being a tourist. 🙂
🙂 I would love to just stroll the streets and taking it all in…then hide away for a few hours to type looking at the water…
Sounds good to me. I love writing near the Ocean, though I typically visit the Pacific.
I have never been to the Pacific, it´s on list though 🙂
That sounds perfect 🙂 My choice was by the sea as well, but the North Sea in Scotland. There’s something about the sound of water and the solitude of these types of places, isn’t there. Great choice! 🙂
Thanks Jaime…Those places just hold a little touch of magic for me 🙂 (by the way: I would also love to go to Scotland :-))
That’s absolutely gorgeous! I’ll definitely have to add that to my list of Places to Visit.
Thanks Arianna 🙂 I can definitely recommend it…:-)
That place looks gorgeous. It would be so perfect for writing some gothic or dark. Maybe it’s just the fog that’s making me think that…
My WIP has some paranormal element to it so I totally understand what you mean with the fog stirring that type of thoughts 🙂
This looks like a really lovely place to curl up and dig into some serious writing! I could definitely picture writing while gazing out at the ocean and cliffs. 🙂
Just thinking about this place helps to fuel my creativity (I guess that´s why my WIP takes place there :-))
Wow that sounds like a fab place to visit. I don’t know how you manage to write on the train – I would get ill!
I would not be able to write in the car (I also cannot read anything in the car) as I also get motion sickness 🙂 But in the train: no issues! 🙂
Being a resident Massachuian (this is not a word we use but it sounds funny to say aloud…go ahead, I’ll wait… 😛 ), I can attest that we do have some -amazing- locales. Our beaches are pretty snazzy and diverse. We’ve got the big-rock beaches and you’ve got the sandy beaches. We’ve got some incredibly historical and damn haunting parks and landmarks as well. It’s a writer’s dream to live here. Glad to see it’s not just my bias!
That word sounds totally cool :-))
I have to agree that you´re not bias…I love this region and really wish I could just magically transport myself there from times to times…
For me it is Adelboden Switzerland. Write, hike, eat chocolate and drink tea. Honestly I think that’s how I want to spend my whole life really.
I can understand: swiss chocolate and writing are a perfect match :-)))
Back when I wrote my very first draft of Spirits, I wanted to visit the places it’s set in: Spain, Jamaica, Antigua, and New Bedford, R.I. Now that I’m more realistic, I would still like to visit those places, but it no longer hinges on me selling/publishing my book!
Thanks Angelica 🙂
I think for me this area stirred up creativity when I first visited it and now I would love to go back…I don´t know if it´s the beach, the little streets, the atmosphere 🙂 By the way Spirits sounds quite intriguing with all the places you instilled in it!
Oh, that looks LOVELY! I’ve always been a “mountain” person, but there’s something about B&Bs by the sea that just scream “Writing Retreat!!!”
I know, right? :-)) I also enjoy the mountain (used to hike often as a kid until my teenage self decided she was lazy…I´m back on track though :-))
I’m totally in love with the West Coast and never, ever want to live anywhere else, but I’d be okay hanging out here for awhile. Nice pick! =)
Thanks Stephanie 🙂 I have actually never been to the West Coast…Would love to go there at some point though!
Ohhh, nice choice. That’s a lovely place. I’m a big fan of the B&Bs.
Thanks Amy, I have only been to that one in Sandwich and I just loved it…I had the feeling to step
I would have a two places to retreat: a home on a tropical island where I could open the windows and hear the surf pounding the shore, the seagulls squawking overhead, and warm seabreezes flowing through open windows.
OR
A beautiful log home in the mountains overlooking a lake. Either one would be heaven.
By the way, I love your blog so much, I nominated you for a Kreativ Blogger Award. You can find the link at http://jennykellerford.wordpress.com. Thank you for all you do and have a wonderful year. I look forward to more of your posts.
Thanks again Jenny :-))) Great choices on the retreat spots as well!
Great choice! I have only been to a few east-coast cities by the water, but the atmosphere is amazing.
It´s all about the atmosphere and there must something about the water which stirs up the imagination 🙂