A Free, Virtual writing retreat
WriteHive Lite
October 11 - 12, 2025
2025 Schedule of Events
11:00 am
EDT
Icebreaker and Orientation
Join us for the first event of the retreat! We will have some fun activities to jump start your creativity.
12:00 pm
EDT
The Unsaid Things: How What You Don’t Say Influences The Page
Pre-recorded w/ Q&A via Discord text chat
Join us for a short class that will help you break away from overwriting! Editor and author Chyina Powell will share the benefits of leaving things off the page and give a few helpful tips on how to do that without compromising your authorial voice. Chyina will also be available to answer questions throughout WriteHive Lite and share even more tips in the Discord
1:00 pm
EDT
Dedicated Writing Time OR Editor Consultations
If you are not scheduled for an editor consultation during this time, join us for some 20-minute writing sprints!
3:00 pm
EDT
Why Didn’t I Think of That?- Low Key Venues to Help Market Your Fiction Writing
Join editor and author Rhonda Jackson Garcia (aka RJ Joseph) for a class on promoting your work in unexpected ways!
4:00 pm
EDT
Dedicated Writing Time OR Editor Consultations
If you are not scheduled for an editor consultation during this time, join us for some 20-minute writing sprints!
6:00 pm
EDT
Decompress Chat and Share
What did you learn in today’s classes? Did an editor give you some really great advice? Let’s chat!
7:00 pm
EDT
Listening Party
Do you have a favorite song to write to? Was your current work in progress (WIP) inspired by that one song you wish everyone knew? Now is your chance to share it with the WriteHive community!
11:00 am
EDT
Prompt Game
Get those pens or keyboards ready and let’s start day 2 with some speed writing prompts!
12:00 pm EDT
Voice Meets Setting
LIVE via Zoom
Combining key elements of “Voice is Character” and “Scene as Sacred Space,” agent Keir Alekseii walks us through the interplay of using voice and setting to help each one define the other.
1:00 pm
EDT
Dedicated Writing Time OR Editor Consultations
If you are not scheduled for an editor consultation during this time, join us for some 20-minute writing sprints!
3:00 pm
EDT
Finding the Formula: Crafting Character Chemistry
Pre-recorded w/ Q&A via Discord text chat
Just like how chemistry involves the way substances react to each other, character chemistry is about putting characters together and seeing how they react to each other. This class from editor and author Justine Manzano will teach you how to craft strong character chemistry between all of your character combinations—romantic, familial, friendship or otherwise—to get the chemical reaction you’re looking for. Put on your lab coat and join us!
4:00 pm
EDT
Dedicated Writing Time OR Editor Consultations
If you are not scheduled for an editor consultation during this time, join us for some 20-minute writing sprints!
6:00 pm
EDT
Decompress Chat and Share
What did you learn in today’s classes? Did an editor give you some really great advice? Let’s chat!
6:00 pm
EDT
Decompress Share
Leader: WriteHive Staff
