Every Thursday morning Janine will ask you to press pause on the stress and distractions in your life. After two hours of active journaling you will emerge focused, energized, and inspired.
You will use innovative journaling techniques for self-discovery, to find balance and calm in your life, as well as to surprise yourself creatively. You will enjoy fresh journal prompts that range from playful to those that access the subconscious. You'll bring deep reflection to your work and will examine who you are as a writer and you may set some goals.
You'll experience how seeds of story emerge through journaling, and through workshop, you'll take the next step and get the story, essay, flash piece…or book! going. You'll receive feedback from me and from your fellow writers. This class is ideal for writers seeking a 6-week generative, supportive, and structured approach for new work.
You'll experience the added bonus of changing your brain via neuroplasticity--creating new neural pathways that can help you overcome older "stories" you tell yourself so you can see yourself in a new light.
.Questions? Email Janine jdebois@gmail.com
Journal to the Self® for Writers
April 24 - May 29
6 Weeks / 10 AM - 12 PM PST / $375
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Quiet Writing--A Forever Workshop
4 Weeks, Self-paced, On Substack
May 2025, Registration open
There are significant moments in everyone’s day that can make literature.
That’s what you ought to write about. –Raymond Carver
Quiet writing is story or narrative that reads quiet but still has the requisite tension and conflict that drives good storytelling. Some people/characters live wild lives, face huge upheavals, or tackle death-defying adventures, and these stories do attract readers. But many of us have stories to share that are driven less by stormy, flamboyant events and plot twists and more by the subtle, simple happenings and struggles of the everyday, which can be powerful reads that draw readers in as well. (Consider novelist Marilynne Robinson, short-story writer Raymond Carver, and essayist Abigail Thomas as examples.) In this self-paced, 4-week course, we will read and analyze several examples of quiet writing (nonfiction and fiction), explore the craft and technique used, and work on our own quiet writing through prompts and exercises too.
This course is ideal for those who write personal essay, flash, memoir, or fiction. The course will be posted on Substack in May. Weekly lessons will be delivered to your inbox, and you will have ample opportunity to pose questions and comments and receive timely responses from me.
Finding Your Essay's Heartbeat
I taught this workshop for the fine folks at Chill Subs on Substack in a similar format to my new class Quiet Writing..
Take a deep dive into personal essay and leave with an essay well underway.
Self-paced. Available anytime.
Learn all about it here.