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First of all, I want to wish you all the best for a happy, healthy, and productive New Year. In thinking about this month's article, I decided to use an article from a few years back. I've updated it slightly, but the message itself is still absolutely relevant. Let me know what you think!

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THE MYTH OF INSPIRATION

Do you have a romantic image of the writing life? Light streaming through the window, you clicking away at your computer keyboard, composing page after page of brilliant prose?

You wouldn’t be the first to conjure up that image. However, that image is most often no more than a fantasy of the writing life.

Now, there’s nothing wrong with being inspired. It’s wonderful to write in a glorious state of flow, when words come without effort, aligning themselves into perfect sentences needing little or no editing.

The problem comes in the belief that you only begin writing when you’re inspired. If we wait for inspiration to find us, most writing---or any creative work for that matter, would never get done.

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Writing From the Inside Out: Using a Journal for Personal Growth and Transformation When Your Heart Speaks, Take Good Notes: The Healing Power of Writing

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ABOUT SUSAN BORKIN

Susan Borkin, M.A. is a licensed psychotherapist, coach and writer. She is the founder of Write Now! a professional practice specializing in the use of writing for personal and professional growth. Susan specializes in helping people overcome creative blocks and achieve deep personal transformation through the use of writing. A personal growth writing teacher for more than twenty-five years, she is the author of When Your Heart Speaks, Take Good Notes: The Healing Power of Writing and Writing From the Inside Out: Using a Journal for Personal Growth & Transformation.

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