{"title":"John Roedel Upcoming Courses","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-wonder-writing-retreat-experience-madeline-island","title":"The Wonder Writing Retreat Experience – Madeline Island","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"303\" data-start=\"177\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"210\" data-start=\"177\"\u003eThe Wonder Writing Experience\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"213\" data-start=\"210\"\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"303\" data-start=\"213\"\u003eA creative reset for writers, artists, storytellers, and anyone craving their spark back\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"416\" data-start=\"305\" class=\"\"\u003eThis isn’t a workshop on technical writing.\u003cbr data-end=\"351\" data-start=\"348\"\u003eIt’s not about launching your Substack or polishing your prose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"508\" data-start=\"418\" class=\"\"\u003eIt’s about something deeper:\u003cbr data-end=\"449\" data-start=\"446\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"508\" data-start=\"449\"\u003eRemembering why you started writing in the first place.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"679\" data-start=\"510\" class=\"\"\u003eSometimes we need to shake off the rust.\u003cbr data-end=\"553\" data-start=\"550\"\u003eTo stop performing—and start listening again.\u003cbr data-end=\"601\" data-start=\"598\"\u003eTo reconnect with the part of us that writes because it’s how we stay\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-end=\"678\" data-start=\"671\"\u003ealive\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"731\" data-start=\"681\" class=\"\"\u003eThat’s what\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"723\" data-start=\"693\"\u003eThe Wonder Writing Retreat Experience\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"877\" data-start=\"733\" class=\"\"\u003eIn a world where robots can write for us, this isn’t about writing “better.”\u003cbr 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data-end=\"1222\" data-start=\"1178\"\u003e“What have you been waiting to tell me?”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-end=\"1227\" data-start=\"1224\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1258\" data-start=\"1229\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1256\" data-start=\"1229\"\u003eWhat You’ll Experience:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"1720\" data-start=\"1259\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1343\" data-start=\"1259\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1343\" data-start=\"1261\" class=\"\"\u003eWriting sessions designed to shake off perfectionism and stir your creative soul\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1415\" data-start=\"1344\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1415\" data-start=\"1346\" class=\"\"\u003ePlayful, weird, and meaningful prompts that spark unexpected truths\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"1508\" data-start=\"1416\" class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1508\" data-start=\"1418\" 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Reconnecting with the part of you that writes because it’s how you stay alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe’ll write to find out what we actually think.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe will write without fear until we trust our voice again. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe’ll follow the small, weird, specific moments instead of the polished ideas.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe’ll write the things we’ve been avoiding saying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe’ll uncover stories hidden deep within us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe’ll break through blocks and doubt.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe’ll listen for our own voice underneath all the noise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe’ll take some creative risks and not worry whether they’re any good.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou don’t need to be a writer to come. You just need to be willing to pay attention to your own life. There’s no pressure to share anything. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRest assured there will be expectation to produce anything impressive. Just a held space for honesty, curiosity, and showing up exactly as you are…a human jammed full of contradictions, tender spots, dark humor, half-thoughts and all those little neurotic things that make us so wonderfully complicated. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSure, a computer program can study a forest from a distance. It can learn the patterns, name the trees, and write something symmetrical about them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe’re going to walk straight into the woods of our own human hearts and write wildly about how the sap smells and how the light moves through the branches and what we remembered while we were in there.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou won’t leave with a perfect draft. 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Life is supposed to be a bit chaotic. Life is an adventure where we are always a single phone call away from heartbreak or the fulfillment of our wildest dreams. Of course, this is exactly what makes being alive the best game in the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePeople are craving authenticity. So, let’s give it to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt takes courage to tell the authentic story of our lives without worrying about what people will think about us. To let people see past our Instagram filters and straight into our often-untidy hearts takes an act of bravery. Giving people a chance to witness the wildness of our own existence can give them the grace to appreciate their own miracle of their uneven adventure. 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