Friday
10- 3:30 p.m.
Write-in /Quiet Zone
Room 104
Complimentary snack (lunch is on your own)
Room closes at 4:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Hotel check-in
Lobby
4 – 5 p.m.
Retreat check-in
Room 104
Check into retreat and pick up your registration packet.
5 – 6:30 p.m.
Dinner on your own.
A list of local restaurants is in your packet.
7 – 8 p.m.
Guest Speaker
Room 104
Amelia Wilde presents: “The Writer’s Spark (The Gift of Writing)”
8 p.m.
Free Time
Time to write, critique, plot, socialize, or sleep.
The conference room closes at 9:00 p.m.
Saturday
8:30 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
Room 104
9:15 a.m.
Group Photo
TBD
9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Guest Speaker
Room 104
Amelia Wild presents: “How to Write Interrelated Stories”
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Lunch
Room 104
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Mini Sessions
Room 104
Amelia Wilde discusses “Inner Character Transformations” and “Turning a Passion into a Story” in two short, engaging mini sessions.
2 – 5:30 p.m.
Free Time
Explore Holland’s great downtown, write on your own, visit Kilwin’s, use the fitness center, brainstorm with a group, take a nap…
6 – 7 p.m.
Dinner
Room 104
Be sure to place final bids on raffle and auction items.
7 p.m.
Dessert & Awards
Room 104
The winners of the raffles & auctions will be announced.
Accomplishments presentation and the Angel Award.
8 p.m.
Network/ Social time
The conference room closes at 10:00 p.m.
SUNDAY
8 – 9 a.m.
Breakfast Buffet
Room 104
9 – 11 a.m.
Write-in / Quiet Zone
Room 104
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
MRW Business Meeting
Room 104
The retreat ends after the meeting. * Hotel check-out by 12:00 p.m.*
During free time, a quiet space to write will be located in the conference room. The hotel lobby offers more space for writing or socializing, as well as a Biggby Coffee if you need an extra snack or cup of caffeine. Note: Please don’t bring outside food or beverages into the conference room.
Raffle tickets will be on sale for $1 each to be used for the raffles drawn on Saturday evening in the conference room. Ticket sales begin Friday evening.
*Note: This preliminary schedule is subject to change.