{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/66202cf262f822001203895b/66fff56f8071cc42a663db8b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"S4 Ep18: What do we think of writing retreats?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/66202cf262f822001203895b/1728249501825-0ddafbaa-eb5d-4f58-86f1-7a5e8c72e267.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Should you treat yourself to a writing retreat?</p><p>If you did it twice would you be re-treating yourself to a writing retreat?</p><p>If you tweeted about treating yourself to a writers retreat would you be tweeting your re-treat of retreating to a retreat?</p><p>And if you then re-tweeted your...</p><p>OK, I'll stop.</p><p>Tom &amp; Jon not only answer the first of these pressing questions, but as they disappear into the wilderness (sort of) to sample a writers' retreat, they seek to answer the biggest question of all.</p><p>The one that's been haunting them for as long as they've been doing this podcast.</p><p>Can they actually knuckle down and write for 2 and a half days straight? No social media. No boxsets. No 'nipping to the pub for one' and then accidentally spending the entire afternoon there?</p><p><br></p><p>...</p><p><br></p><p>What?</p><p><br></p><p>Well I'm obviously not going to tell you am I?</p><p><br></p><p>Of course not.</p><p><br></p><p>What do you mean, I'm being a tease?  That's what these bits of blurb are for!  to tease you in.</p><p><br></p><p>Oh stop arguing and hit play.</p><p><br></p><p>Here's where we went:</p><p><a href=\"https://writersretreatuk.co.uk/2023/01/our-own-venue-the-retreat-at-the-kings-arms/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://writersretreatuk.co.uk/2023/01/our-own-venue-the-retreat-at-the-kings-arms/</a></p>","author_name":"The Failing Writers Podcast"}