It is if you have experienced a trauma that you would like to address through writing.
It is if you would like someone to guide you to use different types of writing to spin your story in different ways. The intention is not to diminish or minimise what you have lived through, but to facilitate you to take ownership of it, and decide how you are going to narrate that story.

 
It is not for you if you are deep in crisis. There is an element of healing in this retreat, but the focus is not on the provision of therapy. 

Of course not! You are the boss of you, and you get to decide which workshop you attend. You don't even have to attend all of a workshop if you suddenly feel that you would like to move away from the group and write on your own. There are plenty of nooks in the hotel for solitary writing. There are plenty more in the city outside the hotel's front door. 

No. This idea of this retreat is for you to try out different ways of expressing what's inside you. The workshops will introduce you to various writing genres, and encourage you to explore them - using the "rules" of each to wrap  your words around the things you want to say. We will also use a variety of other devices to prompt the flow of your words. 

Olhão in November will be "cardigan weather"; about 20° during the day, dipping to 12° in the evenings. There is a small chance of rain. 

If you have more questions, please feel free to contact me - remember there is no such thing as a daft question!