If you’ve written plenty of interesting personal stories in your journal you may be interested in this competition. Sheila Bender is hosting this competiton at her Writing It Real website. The deadline for submission is December 30 this year. There is a reading fee, but you also get a six month subscription to the online […]
I love finding new blogs that inspire creativity or encourage thinking in different ways. When it comes to journal writing I like to be open to new ideas and perspectives. There are a couple of new blogs on b5media.com you might like to check out to inspire you with journal writing or just life in […]
Seems English cricketer Andrew Strauss is an avid journal keeper. He writes for at least ten minutes a day and keeps his journal with him at all times. He finds writing in his diary is a great way to find clarity and even uses it as a batting aid. Read the news story here.
He’s also […]
Another book recently published which features journal entries, along with letters and emails, is Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families.
I discovered this book through a news story here, which has a great write up on the book. I was most impressed to find […]
With so many and varied tools at our fingertips it can be hard to imagine any of us lack inspiration from time to time. Despite the internet, libraries and any other resource you can name, the fact is, there are moments when inspiration alludes.
I don’t believe this should make you feel worse. In fact, […]
It’s Friday and that means it’s actually Freaky Friday for my regular readers. If you need to know more about this journal writing challenge please read the First Freaky Friday.
While half watching the movie The Kid I wondered how it would feel to have your eight year old self turn up and start assessing […]
I mentioned a news story sometime last year about students who used journal writing in the classroom in a powerful way. I had no idea their tale was being made into a film.
Their book The Freedom Writers Diary : How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around […]
When I saw the headline: Mind fiction: Why your brain tells tall tales on the front of the current New Scientist magazine I knew I had to take a look. Seems very journal writing related to me.
I flipped the pages and found a four page article. But short of standing at the store to […]
I found this list of ten tips for writing your personal history on Ancestory.com. Although, the website is clearly for those writing and researching their family histories the list is suitable for anyone wanting to keep a journal, too.
I hope you find this resource useful.
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I received my subscription copy of The Writer magazine today. After a quick glance at the cover I was happy to see yet another article on journal writing, this time by Christina Baldwin.
This lead me to search for Christina online and I stumbled on her Storycatcher website, which is loaded with information anyone who […]
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