Practical Strategies for New & Would-Be Writers
(EWRT 701)

If you want to start writing and do not know how to begin, your writing has stalled, and 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 are how to:

Learn 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

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.

Susan Borkin
Saturday, November 8, 9:00am-4:00pm
Location: De Anza College
Room: L-76

$89 (Additional $10 materials fee payable to instructor during class)

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How to Write a Children’s Picture Book and Get it Published ( EWRT 702)

Publishers are actively looking for new authors and artists for children’s picture books. This course will show you what you need to know to write a successful picture book manuscript and submit it for publication.

Topics covered:

• How a picture book is structured
  
• Which subjects work and which don’t
  
• What a dummy is and why you need to make one
  
• How to prepare your manuscript for submission to a publisher
  
• When to use a query letter
  
• Whether to send multiple submissions
  
• What writers need to know about submitting illustrations
  
• How to read a rejection slip
  
• What happens when a publisher wants to buy your manuscript
  
• Picture books published by former students
  Bring a sack lunch.

JoAnne Stewart Wetzel
Saturday, October 25, 10:00am-4:30pm
Location: De Anza College
Room: L-73

$89

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