Collingwood Word Stock, workshop

September 10, 2010 was a banner day for any writer looking for tips to sharpen their skills, and for me it was a workshop put on by Ruth Garrett on that beautiful day in a beautiful town on Georgian Bay. The town is historic for many reasons, the least not being ship building, there's many others, but for today it was "Sweat, Blood and Fears" by Ruth.

The literary festival took in Friday night and Saturday that weekend, and from all accounts was a roaring success. It must have been because we were acquainted to the best of speakers in some historic venues. It was really COOL by contemporary language.

Ruth put on a one hour time controlled talk with audience participation. Her presentation had to be timed because her bubbling enthusiasm coupled with her great grasp of writing probably would have gone on long after lunch. It was easy to see how much she loves her subject, and telling it to an eager audience.

Let me give you some meat from her titled workshop:

"The Blood" writing from the depths of who you truly are.

THE FOUNDATION OF FOUR

1. Access your true writer's voice

2. Nurture your creative spirit

3. Develop and deepen your writing practice

4. Name your motivation and objectives

"The Sweat" developing and deepening my writing practice. (share with the world in your writings).

Some headings from "The Sweat":

Commitment and Persistence.

Developing and deepening your writing practice

The "If Only" way of writing ....... or more correctly not writing

"The Fears" F alse

E vidence

A ppearing

R eal

Ruth states: Feel the FEAR and do it anyway ....... all you have to lose are your inhibitions ..... what you gain are your dreams.

There is much more that Ruth left me with, but at the expense of plagiarism I will leave it at that, with the suggestion we invite Ruth to our group to meet us at church one Sunday, under the guise of a prayer meeting ....... maybe we can even coax her to give us a workshop too, during the prayer session.

Keep writing bloggers.

This is my first ever contribution to a blog, and this could become addictive.

Ron Lehman.

Ruth's web site: www.manifestingyourabundance.com