Writing in India, Kerala

A 5 day explorative journey into words and senses. 

Writing the Senses

When: 26 - 31 January, 2025
Where: Thottada Beach, Kerala, India

Explore your senses as a guiding-tool for writing, this 5-day workshop in India will absorb all the sensual joys that India has to offer.

Set in the idyllic Thothada beach in Kerala, fine-tune your senses to help guide your writng, through a series of challenging briefs that explore not only thematically, but also different forms of writing.
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You will leave with 5 new pieces in different genres.
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"This is an incredible immersion of mind blowing writing challenges, ​fascinating fellow writers and a real boost of inspiration for writers."
Dee Ancede​​

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"This experience left me more inspired than I’ve ever been - Sebastian is a true artist and lets loose the artists in all of us in so many different ways in the safest and most inclusive of spaces. "
Annie Sheppard

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​So what does this include?
Every evening, at the end of dinner, you will receive a brief for a writing task – and you will have 24 hours to complete it. During the day, you will have workshops, and group tasks to help you advance your writing and push it to the next level.​

Who is it for?
The challenge is carefully created to fit all levels of experience.
 
If you are a professional, you will get an opportunity to try out new things that you may not have had the time to do, and challenge your artistic tendencies.
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If you’re a beginner, you will be thrown into the deep-end and have to force yourself to write 5 new and complete pieces of writing in different genres.
Group size: 4-8
 
What do I get at the end?
If you manage to complete the challenge, you will leave with 5 new pieces of writing.
 
You will also have challenged yourself to go to new places – metaphorically, culinary, physically, artistically and… uhm… symbolically – whatever that means.
 
Who is running the workshops?
Sebastian Rex will run the workshops, as they have done the past 10 years of TLC challenges. You can read more about Sebastian on their website www.sebastianrex.co.uk or on the About page on this website.

Antoinette Maclachlan will conduct the daily cultural segment connected to the theme of five senses.

Antoinette Maclachlan has been a guide at the Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art in New York for the past 17 years, where she creates themed tours and in depth conversations around the art. She spends four months a year in India, to indulge her passion for Indian architecture, art and culture, and conduct art workshops with disadvantaged children through her Kids Postcard Project.

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Accommodation 
All rooms are large, with single or double beds. 
 
Every room has its own shower/toilet, and you will also have access to communal outdoor spaces, as well as the coconut grove and nearby beach. 
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There is also a garden to enjoy.

Food
All food will be vegetarian, and we can cater for different allergies, please make sure to include that in your application.
 
Price 
For private room: €980
 
Price includes: 

• The full writing programme
• A private one-to-one session with Sebastian to discuss your writing goals, outside of the programme
• 5 nights’ accommodation
• 3 meals a day
• A kitchenette, with complimentary tea and coffee
• Wifi
• Full use of the spaces, shared with other writers 

 
Price does not include: 

• Flights
• Airport transfers (can be arranged at an extra cost)
• Insurance

 
To apply
​Deadline for applications 31 of August 2024

1. Please fill in this questionnaire  - forms.gle/LKqaCqP61ExUHfFQ9
2. Please send us a sample of your writing (up to 10 pages) to idc@isladecrear.eu
This is to give us a flavour of your style.