With Fielding you are a writer, not a student. You have a project already in progress and we give you what all writers need at critical points - the close attention of another writer. Non-patronising, focused on you rather than your mentor, the Fielding Programme helps to develop your writing like no other course. With Polly you decide on aspects of your project you can successfully develop during your stay. She reads extracts of your work and meets with you one-to-one to discuss your project with you in detail. The rest of the time you are left alone to write and enjoy your retreat. There are only six residents at any one time. Dinners and informal workshops where residents can get to know each other (and interesting visitors too) round off the Fielding experience.