Love, passion and a hint of ‘how’s your father’

That was the theme of our workshop last Saturday. The object of such desire was our writing. Treat it as if your having an affair, Simon Whaley suggested. Purposely make time for your writing, quality time and treasure every minute you spend together.

Simon encouraged us to give our writing a name, then we had to visualise that name as a person and to write a love letter to them, telling them how important they were to us. Some members read their letters out, leaving the rest of us either rather hot under the collar or in fits of laughter.

He then emphasised how important it is to write, to write every day and to enjoy the time we spent writing. At the end of the workshop Simon handed out diaries to every member so that they could ‘make dates’ with the object of their desires and like an illicit lover, you wouldn’t and can’t let them down.

Many, many thanks to Simon for the proverbial ‘kick up the bum’ workshop that we as writers all need from time to time, delivered in an entertaining way that certainly made us think but filled us all with a new resolve.

Simon Whaley is available for workshops for further information see www.simonwhaley.co.uk