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Workshop Calendar – 2008

including Writing Tips and Exercises


sit outsideAttend a workshop in the Colorado Rocky Mt. Region to improve your writing skills while relaxing in a mountainside retreat, with endless sunshine and deep-blue skies, breathing in fresh mountain air, and enjoying fresh foods. Be nurtured with warm, professional tutoring on how to get your book or memoirs started or refined, or write short stories and essays. Classes restricted to only one to four people to enable private attention (special arrangements for groups up to eight). Most workshops are especially designed for women. (see below "Home" page for more details.) Includes creative writing in everything you do: fiction, self-help non-fiction, and journalings.


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Our Most Popular Workshops for 2008
Dates are subject to Change

See our Calendar page for an easy view of what's happening this month.
Click on the Individual Workshop page to see which Sessions are Full.

We are closed for the season.
Please return in spring 2009 for a new Calendar.

Over the winter months, we will continue to publish our bi-monthly writing tips
below, and our free quarterly newsletter. We also can issue Gift Certificates
for workshops later this year. You can read the material below, which will
probably not change in 2009, except for the dates of the workshops. Thanks.


New Workshops for 2008
Dates are subject to Change

Watch this web page, or subscribe to our free Newsletter to stay informed about these and other new workshops.
See our Calendar page for an easy view of what's happening this month.

"Throughout history, artistic expression has been recognized as a catalyst for healing. Art is an expression of mind and spirit, and cannot be left out of our equation of healing...Modern art therapy is being employed as a potent healthcare intervention." Larry Dossey, MD. Author, "Prayer is Good Medicine and Healing Words."

Tentative Workshops: Aimed at bringing more "springtime" into our lives, year round.

These tours are usually one week long, include unique beautiful lodging and somel meals, all Tour transportation and guides or teachers, and run approximately $1,500.00. (We can arrange to take your small group on their own exclusive trip.) Go to our Creative Writing page for more information.

Watch this web page, or subscribe to our free Newsletter to stay informed about these and other new workshops. Get on an email list for more information.



new ATTENTION GROUPS!
Do you have a small "Writers Group" or a "Single Women Travellers" group or such? and might be interested in attending a WORKSHOP TOGETHER? Our regular workshops are limited to three people, but we can work with you to accommodate larger groups. Contact us! We would love to offer you a once-in-lifetime experience of going to any of our above workshop on a date mutually agreed to. We can offer single bedroom lodging or shared rooms for a lower price. Don't wait; our calendar fills up fast, as the Rocky Mountains are a very popular destination.

NOTES:

==Watch this web page, or subscribe to our free Newsletter
to stay informed about these and other new workshops.==
==See our Calendar page for an easy view of what's happening this month.==
==You can extend your stay to enjoy the Colorado Rocky Mts. sights at very reasonable prices.==
==Workshops are conducted over 4-day weekends May to September. Contact us for availability.==
==The Retreat was "refreshed" in the fall of 2005/6, and photos are displayed on this page.==
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Writing Tips (December 2008/January 2009)

"Studying your favorite book"


The more your read, the better your writing will become. The more you consider yourself a professional, the more you will find yourself "reading a book twice." What do I mean? You will be reading for pleasure, and then stop for a minute and notice something about the writing. == Does the lead stand out? Is the main theme lost? Is the dialogue authentic? Are you noticing difficulties in writing in the first person?

Another thing that you can do is develop a list of questions that you look for in a book. Or, you can pull out an old favorite and review it this time, instead of reading it for pleasure. Why did you love it so much? What intrigued you? What lingered in your memory? Use these answers in improving your own writing.


All "tips" and "exercises" are copyrighted
by Kathleen Spring, Spring Times, 1998-2008


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Writing Exercise. (December 2008/January 2009)

"Starting Your 2009 Writing Regimen"


January is a good time of year to set up a Writing Regimen. Make a list: (1) What is the time of day that you feel most creative? Is it early morning at 6 a.m. / Is it late at night at midnight? (2) Pick the day that you do not schedule work on: Is it Saturday? Or do you have Wednesdays off? (3) Now combine the two -- write Saturday at 6 a.m.? (4) Next decide how long you write for (number of hours) before you start to get distracted or tired. Is it one hour? Is it four hours? Remember, there is no preset number of hours that you must write. If you peak at one hour, then that is fine. (5) Mark this on your calendar: "Write for 1 hr. Saturday at 6 a.m."

This is a good start. Now try it out for a month. (You will need to decide if you want to do this every week or once a month, depending on how determined you are to produce a body of work.) At the end of that time, see if it needs adjusting. Marking it on your calendar makes it seem like it is more important or professional, and you are more likely to keep to the schedule.


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