Creative journal writing : the art and heart of reflection / Stephanie Dowrick
- Bib ID:
- 4588115
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Dowrick, Stephanie
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, c2009
- 259 p. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781585426867
- 1585426865
- Summary:
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"Journal writing is one of the most powerful and easily accessible tools we have to heal, expand, and transform our lives. In this inspiring and encouraging book, Stephanie Dowrick frees the journal writer she believes is in virtually everyone, showing through stories and examples that a genuine sense of possibility can be revived on every page." "Combining helpful tools and strategies with her own refreshingly intimate thoughts gained through a lifetime of writing. Stephanie Dowrick's book will inspire readers to take up a pencil or pen and discover the rich benefits of journal writing."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Contents
- How to use this book ix
- Part 1. Getting started 1
- Writing a journal may change your life
- Your most creative self
- Putting the inside out
- Free associations
- A "whole-brain" activity
- Good reasons not to write a journal?
- Privacy issues
- At ease
- Part 2. Free to be creative 47
- Start here. Or there.
- Forget school
- Choosing your journal
- Journal writing is your teacher
- Weaving the strands
- Free writing
- Risking and writing
- More on motivation
- Liberate your curiosity
- Journal writing and you
- Faithful to the task
- Deepen your self-awareness
- Where home is
- A source of freedom
- Part 3. Writing the facts 129
- Your life in your journal
- Venting
- Start and finish with the details
- Use your physical senses
- Reflections and impressions
- Yourself and other people
- Be yourself
- Writing out of town
- Accessing memories
- Questions of choice
- Reviewing the process
- Spiritual writing
- Writing your spiritual story
- Forgiveness
- Part 4. Your life in your journal 197
- More writing and writing more
- Right here, right now?
- The blank page
- Unfinished business
- Let problems "rest"
- The opposite may also be true
- Recording quotations and comments
- Making lists and resolutions
- Part 5. Putting it all together 235
- Savor your entire life
- Back to the big picture
- Combine many strands
- Key principles
- Key hints
- Further inspiration
- Acknowledgments 257
- Index of exercises 258.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Diaries -- Authorship
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2009
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