A Creative Journal

February 10th, 2007

Ripple Effect

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December 17th, 2006

Cry For Help in Journal Pages?

A teenager in Singapore has pasted some eight pages from her personal journal onto the walls of a canal known for graffiti artists. Here the full story here. Teachers and psychologists express their opinions on why the girl would choose to share her journal entries in this way. Was it a cry for help?
I think […]

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December 14th, 2006

More on Freedom Writers

The Freedom Writers have made interesting fodder for this blog here and here, but apparently their book has been ‘banned” from one school for its controversial adult content.
Take time to read the article, but also the comments beneath. What are your thoughts on allowing students of upper grades to read controversial books in the […]

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May 23rd, 2006

Teens Publish Group Journal

And now even more teens with published journals. Four girls who shared a group journal together during school have published their collection of five journals as a 352 page book. Warner Books published the shared journal entries of the four close friends as The Notebook Girls. The entries were cut to bring out the best, […]

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May 18th, 2006

Writer Sees Teen Journal Published

When Margaret Sartor looked back through her teen journals she saw a story she felt worth publishing. Read more about her new book Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love, Secrets and Growing Up in the ’70s in an interview with John Valentine at The Independent Weekly.

Tags: autobiographies, margaret-sartor, teen_journal_writing, writing-your-memoir

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May 2nd, 2006

Spiritual Journals

I came across this book today:

Although the topic of independence for teens is addressed, I thought this book looked interesting for any serious journal writer interested in spiritual matters. Please share in the comments section if you’ve read this book or even leafed through the pages.
Tags: journal-writing, journal-writing-techniques, teen_journal_writing

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March 20th, 2006

Privacy for Teenage Journal Writers?

After writing yesterday’s blog entry I had to think more about journal writing and privacy. The issue of teen privacy when it comes to journals and diaries came up with my own teens today in conversation. I have always told my two teens I will never read their journal and have kept to that promise. […]

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