A quiet stay, a desk and a plan for the draft.
Within a short drive, priced with every fee.
How it works.
River reads the reviews for real quiet, a proper desk and good wifi, plans your writing days from where the draft stops, and fills a grocery cart for the day you arrive.
Say when and how far
A window, a rough total, and how far: within three hours’ drive unless you’d rather fly.
River compares quiet stays
Airbnb, Vrbo and Hipcamp, each priced for your exact dates with every fee, and its pick marked.
You book, then write
Your pick filled in up to Reserve, writing blocks on your calendar and groceries in a cart.
What you get.
- A Retreat stays Sheet comparing 3 or 4 quiet places, all-in, with River’s pick
- Writing blocks on your calendar, each with its word goal and chapters
- First-day groceries in a delivery cart, for you to check out once booked
Start in three steps.
Get River
Download the app for your computer.
Sign up as a writer
When River asks your role, choose Writer.
- Playbooks
Writer
Start a playbook and River works through it with you in the chat.
StartPitch your story to editorsRiver finds editors who run stories like yours, writes each a short pitch and follows up once you say send.StartQuery literary agents for your bookRiver finds agents open to books like yours and fills in each query to their rules, ready for your yes.StartPlan a writing retreatRiver finds a quiet place to write, plans your writing days and has the stay and groceries ready to book.Start “Plan a writing retreat”
Press + in your Dock, open Playbooks, and press Start. River checks your calendar for a clear stretch, then asks about dates and budget.
A few things to know.
Will River book or pay for anything?
No. It fills in the stay up to Reserve and the groceries up to checkout. You book, pay and add your address; it never types card details or passwords.
How much will I write each day?
About 1,000 to 2,000 new words, set from where your draft stops: mornings for new pages, afternoons for revising and a walk, evenings off.
What does it cost?
It uses your plan’s AI credit, like everything else in River. You pay the host and the grocery store directly, as you normally would.
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All writer playbooks
Try it on your own work.
Download River, choose Writer, and press Start on “Plan a writing retreat”.