Comments on: How does “writing holiday in Italy” sound?

By: Are You Ready To Take a Leap With Your Writing? | Confident Writing

Are You Ready To Take a Leap With Your Writing? | Confident Writing — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:18:46 +0000

[...] we’re still debating whether it’s a workshop or a holiday… I think it might be both – a workshop within the context of a holiday… either way Absorbing [...]

By: Absorbing Writing in Sardinia

Absorbing Writing in Sardinia — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:54:17 +0000

How writing helps to shift our focus

One of the things I notice about writing every day is that helps to shift my focus. When the ‘big picture’ threatens to overwhelm we can use our words to shift back down to the here and now, paying attention

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:47:51 +0000

Ariane – it’s a good angle, but I’m afraid it would be for a different workshop! Maybe one we can run together some day

Joanna

By: Ariane Benefit, Neat & Simple Living

Ariane Benefit, Neat & Simple Living — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:57:39 +0000

That’s an interesting angle…I thought of another one too…if your workshop contains tips for writers to organize their work…I could use that!

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:51:23 +0000

Hmm Ariane, maybe we’d better describe it as writing vacation too…

I think we’re probably going to end up using both – maybe it’s because I’m more puritanical but I quite like the idea of the workshop “with a bit of holiday on the side”!

Will get back to you properly with thoughts on relationship between organising, clutter and writing because I think there are some really interesting connections there that it would be fun to explore.

For just now what I’d say is that words = stuff. We need to be able to organise and categorise our words so that meaning, power, impact can flow through them – and connect with our readers. Doing that will make our writing more absorbing, for the reader – and happy day – also for ourselves.

How did I do?

Joanna

By: Ariane Benefit, Neat & Simple Living

Ariane Benefit, Neat & Simple Living — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 16:24:37 +0000

I love it! Sounds like a working & learning vacation as we say in the states. To me, I love the rommantic sound of writing holiday…but I have to honest that I would be likely to register and pay for a writing workshop. I think it’s because writing holiday sounds like friends going off together to live somewhere for a while and get inspired to write. Workshop makes it clearer to me that I would have a leader and teacher and the focus would be on learning and getting feedback with a little holiday on the side. If I were looking for a learning experience, I think I’d more like click through on the workshop. If I were looking for a vacation, I’d click through on Holiday.

I hope this helps! I will figure out a way to promote this on my blog, though it doesn’t really fit with my blog topic of organizing…does it? hmm…there’s gotta be a way… : )

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 11:39:32 +0000

Emma, I still find it hard to believe that it’s as warm as you say it is. We’re deep in the heart of winter here and each day it’s just a question of pulling on as many layers as possible to keep warm.

Thanks for your comments about my natural style, it’s what I enjoy most too, let’s hope that the world keeps moving in this direction and I can make my fortune teaching others how to adjust their PR-speak to authentic writing!

Joanna

PS Looks like writing holiday is winning the vote

By: Emma Bird

Emma Bird — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:56:40 +0000

Joanna

Writing holiday gets my vote:-) It’s currently t-shirt weather so after doing the shopping today, I wandered back home barefoot along the beach. I might live here but that doesn’t stop me from feeling like I’m on holiday.

I enjoyed this post but had to laugh because you’re a genius when it comes to getting the word out naturally. And that comes back to authentic writing and writing as who you are – which you do perfectly.

But one thing I do have to say: goverment media releases are the most boring thing ever. No wonder you hated writing them. I hated reading them.

Emma

By: Joanna Young

Joanna Young — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:51:51 +0000

Karen, thanks for the vote for holiday. Emma will be happy.

I’m interested in your comment – I did actually have ‘words for hire’ running through my head over the last couple of days, partly thinking of you but also thinking that I could do this a heck of a lot easier if I was writing it for someone else. When I have a really fat budget I’ll be sure and come to you!

Thanks for spreading the word for us.

It would be fabulous if you could come… if not this time, maybe another – I’m hoping this will be the first of many…

Joanna

By: Karen Swim

Karen Swim — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:22:59 +0000

Well Joanna you had me at “holiday!” I am starving for a vacation so may have been especially attuned to holiday but writing holiday has my vote. As far as PR I am not good at self-promotion and it’s something I have been actively working to overcome. A great solution – hire someone to do it for you. I will help spread the word about the writing holiday workshop and hopefully I can be there to exercise my inner muse while soaking in the sun.

Karen