Beast Retreat Survey

Hello! I want to know a little more about you and your project before we chat. Please fill out this short questionnaire and return it to me at least a day before we talk. Thanks so much—I’m looking forward to talking more!!

Name*
Where are you with your project?
Where are you with your project?*
Tell me a little about it! Two or three sentences.
(If you’re at the “speck of an idea” phase, share the general contours of your “speck.”)
Tell me a little about your project*
What made you curious about coming to the Beast Retreat?
Check all that apply.
What made you curious about coming to the Beast Retreat?
- I’m working on a project, and I’d like the advice of an editor to help me get to the next stage.
- I feel creatively stalled in my writing life and it’s getting me down.
- I want some dedicated time to make progress in my writing.
Other
Please list three current challenges you currently have as a writer.
These can be general challenges (“I never have time to write,” “I have had a couple confidence blows”) and/or specific technical challenges related to your project (“I’m not sure I picked the right narrative structure,” “In hindsight, perhaps it was a bad decision to write the book entirely in blood,” etc.).
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What is your main writing goal for the next six months?
Main goal
Anything else you want to tell me?
Anything else

Beast Retreat Survey

Where are you with your project?

Tell me a little about it! Two or three sentences.

What made you curious about coming to the Beast Retreat?

Please list three current challenges you currently have as a writer.

What is your main writing goal for the next six months?

Anything else you want to tell me?