BEYOND THE BREAKOUT:
Small Group Intensive

With Donald Maass, Lorin Oberweger, and Brenda Windberg

BRANSON, MISSOURI

Session 1: September 20-September 23, 2025
Session 2: September 25-September 28, 2025

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KISSIMMEE, FL

Session 1: April 25-April 28, 2026
Session 2: April 30-May 3, 2026

Combined session available!
** Now taking deposits! **

Join literary agent, Donald Maass; author/editor Lorin Oberweger; and author/editor Brenda Windberg for an immersive, individualized mentorship over the course of four days. (Or eight, should you choose!)

Limited to twelve participants only.

In this highly personalized, hands-on workshop and retreat, you’ll learn the keys to writing timeless fiction, finding and keeping your audience, and drawing from personal experience to speak universal truths. With new material and a sneak peek from Donald Maass’s upcoming craft book, BONES OF THE GODS.

We’ll also talk about elevating and deepening one’s voice; crafting an immersive viewpoint; employing advanced narrative strategies; enacting smart revision techniques; crafting expert queries; and more.

This intensive offers:

• Ten total hours of deep-dive craft instruction with Donald Maass, tailored to participants’ needs, with generative writing exercises, group brainstorming, and lively discussion.

• A private thirty-minute consultation with Donald Maass, who’ll read fifty pages of each student's manuscript and other supporting material. (Or 100 pages for those who sign up for both sessions.)

• Private thirty-minute consultations with editors/authors Lorin Oberweger and Brenda Windberg, who’ll read and offer editorial feedback on twenty-five pages of each student’s manuscript and other supporting material. (Or 50 pages for those who sign up for both sessions.)

• Staff-led critique groups with rotating faculty moderators.

• Private room and private or semi-private (shared by two) bath.

• Catered breakfast and dinner each day. (Supplies on-hand for make-your-own lunches, or you can order or stock your own items.)

• Post-workshop assignments and check-ins.