Oct 20, 2012
It’s easy to feel inferior. To feel like you have nothing to give. There is an entire planet filled with people so talented and you can’t help but feel like a tiny insignificant smudge of last night’s dinner, left behind on the kitchen counter. Often I find myself wishing my words could come together as […]
Oct 20, 2012
I’m always writing the saddest books. I can’t even help it, these are just the ideas that pop into my head while I do the dishes or listen to music. Of course, I always say my next project will be something light and fun to cleanse my pallet, but then I change my mind and […]
Oct 19, 2012
This is my first installment of eclectic photos and videos from the Writing Retreat. More to come! -Blake Fun with Sharpies. (Fully consensual) Yoga by Yael. Group returning from downtown Hyannis. “Leading a Life Worth Writing About”, a workshop by Cameron Lovejoy …and of course, featured at the top: dancing during dishes.
Oct 19, 2012
Cruising the coves of Brooklyn I’ve come across such a confusing conundrum of convoluted coalesced conscious complexities condemning me to consulting conversations of crude curiosity. Contained is my commanding crusade conflicting such clichéd conversions of my crazy candid comments on common crushes changed to contentious compasses controlling continually my careless casualty of contrived convenience conceived of […]
Oct 18, 2012
Just a little tid bit of what comes when I push through writer’s block. All creative thought I have? Gone. My brain is like a shrivelled up grape. I mean to say, my brain is like a raisin. Yes my brain is the food (If you can even call it that) that mother’s feed to […]
Oct 18, 2012
Asking around the ruined town I found no one able to tell me where the ship hailed from, who captained it, where it was bound. Writing insight on a wall I caught the eye of a shady guy across the street holding a dog by a very short leash. He beckoned me over and said he […]
Oct 17, 2012
On the first full day at 9:30 we went in search of coffee. After 45 minutes and lots of dead birds we found the starbucks. I spent my first five dollars in Hyannis. We then went to the trader joe’s. I spent ten more dollars. It was then that we entered the mystical void that […]
Oct 16, 2012
Most days at 3:00pm, we have an optional staff-led writing workshop. Our first workshop was Dramatic Structure, led by Brenna: Today Matt led a series of exercises and prompts to help break through writer’s block. Later workshops on our calendar currently include Dialogue, Living a Life Worth Writing About, Self-Publishing, Blogging, and many more.
Oct 15, 2012
Today is the first day of our 2012 Writing Retreat program! Last night, 26 teens from across the U.S. and Canada converged upon our retreat site in Hyannis, Massachusetts. After a burrito dinner and orientation meeting, writing commenced at midnight. (All photos courtesy Ali S.) Between today and November 15th, each of […]
Oct 10, 2012
Today we’re pleased to announce our newest international adventure and our first trip to the European continent: the Turkey 2013 Trip. This trip is led by Jack and Michelle, two incredibly experienced guides with ties to the Not Back to School Camp community. Their 4-year-old daughter Sylvia will be joining the trip, too. The priority […]