A Creative Journal

January 24th, 2007

Overused Words

One benefit of rereading your journals is how you pick up your own annoying writing habits. Overuse of certain words is one of my annoying habits. While it’s easy to roll your eyes at your repetition and read on you might want to investigate why you’re using those particular words so often.
Is it sheer laziness? […]

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December 29th, 2006

Freaky Friday #39

Today is Friday and that means it’s Freaky Friday for the readers of this blog. If you need to know more about this journal writing challenge please read the First Freaky Friday entry.
As the year draws to an end a journal writing prompt suited to the occasion might be best. Today write a journal […]

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December 23rd, 2006

Character Diaries

Ok, you caught me. I know I’m supposed to be researching something fine to share with you about journal writing. I was doing something related to journals and diaries, though. I swear. If you enjoyed That 70s Show you may also have fun reading their character diaries.
You might want to write something similar for […]

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November 14th, 2006

Plundering Your Journal

After reading this news story about writing your holiday newsletter I realised that journals are the perfect resource.
One of the tips suggested for writing a more interesting newsletter was to keep a journal about your kids and then pick out the best parts to share in the yearly newsletter. Any journal makes an excellent resource […]

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September 25th, 2006

Eric Clapton’s Ex-wife To Publish Memoirs

Eric Clapton’s ex-wife Lori Del Santo is writing her memoirs. Apparently the work will focus mainly on their son Conor, who fell to his death in 1990, aged only four.
The tragic loss of his son inspired Clapton to write Tears in Heaven. Del Santo isn’t concerned how Clapton will view her writings.
Would you […]

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September 13th, 2006

Psychology Website a Journal Writing Resource

After reading this entry on Notebookism recently I did a little research into James W. Pennebaker. I’ve known about his previous studies linking healing to journal writing, mostly through the book Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives, but his interest in romantic relationships was something new, for me. […]

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August 30th, 2006

Dear Diary Day

Susan Neri-Friedwald has declared September 23 Dear Diary Day. Find out more by following the link to the news story or visit Susan’s website.
While I may not agree with everything this lady does, it sounds like a great way to get more people writing in journals.
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August 28th, 2006

First Anniversary

Today marks an entire year since I began keeping this blog. One year! Somehow, amidst the madness of looking after my baby, then seven months old, and my two teens I managed to begin writing and sharing my passion for journal writing world wide.
Here’s that first entry. To keep things updated; I’m about to […]

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August 11th, 2006

Freaky Friday #20

Freaky Friday has turned up again. If you need to know more about this journal writing challenge please read the First Freaky Friday entry.
Today I want you to imagine you have just received the sum of one million dollars. It matters little how you imagine this came to be. What does matter is that you […]

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August 5th, 2006

Delicious Descriptions

I’m in the middle of reading Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise, by Ruth Reichl, which is a tasty chomp through many New York restaurants during the nineties.

Although I have read two of Reichl’s other books, Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table and Comfort Me […]

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