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IN MY OWN WORDS
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In 1976, when the Guild was born, there were three major "movements" in society:
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What is the Guild? April 17-18, 2010 (Weekend) Big Apple Conference The National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Park South (near East 20th St.) New York City View Program Register online via PayPal July 30-August 6, 2010 (Full Week) Remember the Magic (IWWG's 33rd conference year) Brown University Providence, RI View Program Register online via PayPal READ Heather Summerhayes Cariou's recent blog about Memoir Writing! The IWWG, founded in 1976, is a network for the personal and professional empowerment of women through writing and open to all regardless of portfolio. As such, it has established a remarkable record of achievement in the publishing world, as well as in circles where lifelong learning and personal transformation are valued for their own sake. The Guild nurtures and supports holistic thinking by recognizing the logic of the heart--the ability to perceive the subtle interconnections between people, events and emotions- alongside conventional logic. The International Women's Writing Guild From the start, the Guild proposed the writing from personal experience as the beginning of this transformational process. Everyone in the Guild, sooner or later, cuts her teeth on the journal, the memoir, and the autobiography—like the scales on the piano—this daily practice does eventually make a "silk purse out of a sow's ear." It does develop writers into "writers." More importantly however, from the Guild's point of view, it furthers personal growth, transformation, and an authentic voice. -Hannelore Hahn CONTACT US: Phone (212) 737-7536
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