June 30th, 2006
It’s Freaky Friday again. Please read First Freaky Friday to learn more about this journal writing prompt.
With the popularity of TV series featuring cartoon characters I felt it might be good to slip into the shoes of one of them for today’s challenge. Check out the character bios for The Simpsons, Futurama and The […]
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June 29th, 2006
After my recent entry on Word Definitions as Prompts I was happy to find Dawn Goldberg has also been writing about Power Words on her blog Write Well Me.
So successful has been the response to her writing prompts Dawn has even written Power Words Part Two and Three. I hope you enjoy Dawn’s suggestions […]
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June 28th, 2006
George Washington, America’s first president, was an avid journal keeper from an early age. Not that his writings are considered literary, they may even be less than exciting to read, but he did account for his time well. I hope you’ll find the following link to his writings as fascinating as I do. There’s […]
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June 27th, 2006
The problem with reading in the published journal and memoir genre is its subtle power to addict. It’s not so much the actual events in the book that inspire my interest, but I find myself wanting to know more about the time the writings are set; more about these fascinating people, their friends and family; […]
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June 26th, 2006
In the mail today I received the regular monthly newsletter from my local writing centre, Peter Cowan Writers Centre, which I always enjoy reading. I was even happier when my eyes lit on the news from Kapunda Writers about their latest The Writers’ Diary, which is available now. This diary is created by writers for […]
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June 24th, 2006
If you are creative at all, and I’m assuming you are because you’re already interested in journal writing, then you need to check out the 52 Projects website. For more specific writing and journal writing information read the projects suggested under Writing. But, please, don’t stop there. I’m looking at all kinds of interesting projects […]
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June 23rd, 2006
This story is the most comprehensive online news item I could find on the murder of a teen girl in a small south-west town in my state. The news has shocked and upset many West Australians with continual updates as more is revealed on the story.
It seems the poor young girl was murdered by […]
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June 22nd, 2006
Words have power. One word can mean something to me, yet to another person, that same word can hold an entirely different meaning from what I understand. It doesn’t mean either of us are necessarily incorrect in our thinking. It does mean we have assigned different emotions to these words.
This couldn’t be any clearer […]
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June 21st, 2006
One of the things I’ve always appreciated about keeping a journal is the guarantee of a safe haven. So long as you are able to keep your writing completely private you can write anything you like there.
The need for privacy is important. Your private musings could be taken out of context by anyone else. […]
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June 20th, 2006
We’ve all had moments in life, moments we’d really rather forget. Times when you reacted poorly, stupidly or just downright did the wrong thing. In hindsight you know this. You may have been a lot younger, more naive, or simply less compassionate because you were more concerned about looking out for yourself. Hey, I’ve been […]
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