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A Creative Journal

November 13th, 2006

The Storyteller in You

While reading this news story I felt inspired to write several of my own family stories in my journal today. Your journal is a great place for storing and working on your family tales. The news article is about storyteller Donald Davis who has been telling stories to others for more than 24 years.
I liked […]

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October 19th, 2006

Personal Essay Writing Contest

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 […]

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October 16th, 2006

Operation Homecoming

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 […]

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October 11th, 2006

Your Brain Telling Tales

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 […]

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October 9th, 2006

Storycatcher

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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