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UPCOMING EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS:

VIRTUAL WRITING CIRCLE - UPDATE!

This Writing Circle is completely virtual. We’ll meet twice a month via telephone bridge line and stay in touch via e-mail, so you can stay connected from any place in the world. Join a group of writers and aspiring writers from all over the globe to get encouragement, support and positive feedback. Join us and become part of a virtual community of writers!

Sound interesting? For more information on Writing Circles, write to me at susan@susanborkin.com or call 800-55-2-WRITE (that’s 800-552-9748)
and request “Writing Circles – Questions & Answers.”

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE INDICATED AN INTEREST IN THE VIRTUAL WRITING CIRCLE. I’VE SENT EACH OF YOU “WRITING CIRCLES – QUESTIONS & ANSWERS.”

I'LL BE CONTACTING YOU AGAIN IN AUGUST WITH MORE DETAILS!

CLASSES COMING THIS FALL!

• BEYOND “DEAR DIARY” – PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR NEW & VETERAN JOURNAL KEEPERS

This full-day survey course is a perfect introduction to the versatile personal journal for both the novice journal keeper and the veteran wishing to jumpstart their journal writing practice. Workshop emphasis is on practical application of the personal journal as a tool for organization, clarity, and personal growth. Ten basic writing techniques easily incorporated into a personal journal will be taught. Additionally, you will learn:

• How to use a journal to get unstuck in all areas of your life
• How to specifically use a journal to lose weight
• How to use a journal to get organized
• Journaling logistics – where and when to write
• How to jumpstart a stalled journaling practice

Date: Saturday, October 6th at University of California - Extension, Silicon Valley campus in Cupertino, California

PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR NEW & WOULD-BE WRITERS

If you want to start writing and don’t know how to begin, your writing has stalled, you are feeling out-of-focus or you simply want to bring more writing into your life, this is the seminar for you. Although publishing may be your eventual goal, emphasis will be on the process of writing. All genres and skill levels (including absolute beginners) welcome.

Included:

• Tips and tricks to get started writing and keep going
• Get moving again when your writing has stalled
• Get your writing organized!
• Keep track of your ideas
• Silence your inner critic
• Manage your resistance
• Break through writer’s block
• Deal with rejection

This highly experiential class is appropriate for both beginning and experienced writers. While remarkable writing can occur, emphasis is placed on writing as a healing and transformational process.

Date: Saturday, October 20, De Anza College, Cupertino, California

WHEN YOUR HEART SPEAKS, TAKE GOOD NOTES: THE HEALING POWER OF WRITING

Studies now prove what writers have long known---personal writing can heal and transform. Through this dynamic daylong workshop you will learn more than a dozen practical approaches to healing mind, body, heart and soul. Learn to:

• Move from surviving to thriving
• Complete old unfinished business
• Heal from the loss of a loved one
• Write your way through the Twelve Steps
• Dialogue with food cravings and physical symptoms
• Take Dictation from your Higher Self
• Incorporate writing as a spiritual practice

This highly experiential class is appropriate for both beginning and experienced writers. While remarkable writing can occur, emphasis is placed on writing as a healing and transformational process.

Date: Saturday, November 17th, at University of California - Extension, Silicon Valley campus in Cupertino, California

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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BOOKS TO STIMULATE YOUR WRITING AND CREATIVITY By Susan Borkin

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

Both books are available for previewing and ordering at www.susanborkin.com. Sample chapters are only available to preview.

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GRATIS CORNER

• If you find you could use some help getting back on track, schedule a GRATIS SAMPLE COACHING SESSION via phone or in person to find out if writing & creativity coaching is for you. Write to susan@susanborkin.com or call 800-55-2-WRITE.

• Need some journaling tips? Send for your GRATIS BONUS ARTICLE “JUMPSTART YOUR JOURNALING” Send an e-mail to susan@susanborkin.com, requesting the article by name.

• Have a question about writing or creativity? E-mail your question to Susan. She may use your questions in future issues of 'WRITE NOW! A-Muse Letter by Susan Borkin'.

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