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Do you feel you have a story to tell, or simply something 'to say' but don't know how to start, or how to continue?

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In this online “playshop,” you will find tips and support from Sandra Jensen's DIVING DEEPER process; you will find writing games and suggestions which will help you break through Writer's Block, find your authentic voice, and tell your stories. You will generate more subjects, themes and ideas that you will ever be able to use, (but it is a big comfort to have a book full of them so that you will never feel stuck again.)

You can fine tune your writing skills at formal workshops and courses - this workshop is about jumping in, liberating your Inner Writer, and getting started. Or, to paraphrase Guy Kawasaki, it is about “the art of the start.” Once you learn how to overcome your writing Ogres, and trust your true voice, there will be no stopping you.

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Sandra Jensen leads Diving Deeper writing retreats in Europe and North America. Her non-fiction work has been published in newspapers in Canada, the Whole Earth Magazine and Utne Reader. Her fiction has been published on Verbsap.com, The Dublin Quarterly, r.kv.r.y Quarterly. Word Riot, Versal, Common Ties, Santa Fe Writers Project, Takahe, Quicksilver and Sou'wester. Work is forthcoming in AGNI, PRISM international and Chautauqua. She has written for the theatre, and is presently writing a collection of short stories and a novella.

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Brittany said Sep 2, 2008, 11:52 AM:

My name's Brittany. I'm very tired right now. I've had horrible writers' block for two years now, and I'm putting my foot down. My lIfe is relatively boring, so I won't try to make it shine. However, I want to get back in the flow of things, not “The History of Saurkraut.”(inside joke)

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Kimberly said Sep 2, 2008, 12:42 PM:

hello brittany! Welcome to the group.
If you are in writers block I would recommend the assignment archive, they are fun and really a good way to start! I only joined last month and it helped me a lot!

always-
Kim

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Tom said Sep 2, 2008, 1:13 PM:

Welcome Brittany! Tired people are our speciality.

Tired of beating your head against the wall? Fed up with too much sauerkraut? Well, join Diving Deeper and learn to make pillows out of sauerkraut! Sleep blissfully on old cabbage!

I used to be an adman, you see. And no worries about having a boring life, dear new friend. Imagination can take care of that in a jiffy. Just pretend you are Ernest Hemingway and ta da!

Sandra Jensen's methods are especially designed to deal with writer's bl*ck. And they work great. Bad writing is just the ticket. Can you beat this?

And and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and and.

I think that's my best bad writing ever!

Love,

Tom

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yew292 said Sep 2, 2008, 9:24 PM:

Congratulations Tom,

That is some of the badest bad writing I have seen in a long time. I am very jealous.

wordsmith

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Sandra said Sep 2, 2008, 1:59 PM:

Tom! you posted in the wrong place ;-)

Seriously. The Truly Bad Writing assignment is a perfect place to start for writers block, dear Brittany. Welcome, and you are amongst fellow strugglers here, so just poke about and see what happens. I've had blocks several times, and all I can say is that they do pass. My last one ended with a similar feeling - I just put my foot down and said, to heck with this ( and did one of my own assignments here.. it ended up being the first story I ever published in print).

And, ahem, I want to hear all about the History of Saurkraut !!

Love,
Sandra

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quietlaughter said Sep 2, 2008, 2:43 PM:

Hi Brittany,

welcome to the group! hope to read some of your assignment responses once you are rested! Truly Bad Writing is one of my favorite places to start when writer's block is an issue.. or any of the other assignments as has been pointed out :-) hope you enjoy your time here!

all the best,

Leigh-Anne
xo

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ayla said Sep 2, 2008, 3:07 PM:

Welcome Brittany!

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rudyan said Sep 2, 2008, 3:33 PM:

Hey, Brittany, lovely to see you here, you've come to the right place. So just dive in whenever you're ready, I'll be looking foward to reading you.

Ruth

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yew292 said Sep 2, 2008, 9:30 PM:

Hey,

I am really, really, really interested to find out about the history of saurkraut!

wordsmith

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