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Feature Articles about Journal Writing by Journal Council Members
Find the latest feature articles about journal writing here! We generally post new articles weekly, and here's where you can find them. Click on any headline below to read the full article on some aspect of journal writing. And be sure to click the 'view more articles' link at the bottom of the page to read articles you may have missed. Also go to "Articles by Subject" to see clusters of articles by topic, and go to "Article Index" for a complete listing.
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Notes on Journaling from a High School English Teacher
by Linda Janoff
When I started teaching writing in high school, my challenge was to overcome students' tendencies--whether innate or programmed--to strive merely to meet the expectations of their teachers. For students, writing was an exercise in figuring out "what the teacher wants." . . .
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Balancing the Dark and Light Stories in Memoir and Personal Story Writing
by Linda Joy Myers, PhD
When we write memoir, we try to capture real life as it was lived. This means that we encounter the happier, lighter, side of life as well as the darker stories that are part of the human experience. I've noticed in my work with memoir writers that they need to be wary of getting lost in the "darker stories" that may arise. . . .
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The Caregivers' Journal: Take Care of Yourself
Rachel Ballon, PhD
Over 30 years ago when I was an intern working for the required 3000 hours for my marriage and family license, I spent four years at a Residence for Seniors, conducting poetry therapy and writing groups. I worked for a new organization founded by Dr. Yung Hu Liu from UCLA, who started a daycare center for seniors called O.P.I.C.A. Little did I dream that years later I would be enrolling my husband as a client with mild cognitive impairment at O.P.I.C.A . . .
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Ideas for Journaling to Cope with Overwhelming Emotions
Beth Jacobs, Ph.D.
Exactly what about journaling makes it so useful for emotional relief? So many people take to their writing when feelings boil over and find it really helps manage those feelings. I'm a clinician and author of the guided journal, Writing for Emotional Balance, and this has been my puzzle for over twenty years. . . .
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Excerpt from The Boy He Left Behind
Mark Matousek
I started to write compulsively when I was in the second grade, journals full of secret thoughts and shameful truths that I could tell no one. This isn't an uncommon way to begin; lots of writers tur . . .
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Cups Full of Story--the Legacy of our Words
Christina Baldwin
The teacups always rested at the back of the china cabinet, and I was twenty years old before I finally touched one. I knew these cups were special, but I didn't know why. "Where did you get these?" I . . .
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What Haunts Us
Gabriele Rico, Ph.D.
When we write, truly write for ourselves, what Haunts Us? The etymology of "to haunt" comes from the Old French hanter, probably from the Old Norse, heimta, meaning ' to lead home, pull, claim'; we ignore such hauntings at our own peril, for they emanate from us. "Home," according to Lance Morrow, is not just a physical place but, ultimately, the "bright cave under our hat. . . .
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Jump-Starting Your Journal:
Five Strategies that Work
Kathleen Adams LPC, CCJF
Date every entry. If you only develop one habit in your entire journal life, let it be this one. A journal tracks change over time and process, and dating your entries gives you a running context for your life. It also offers a particular focus: What is going on in your personal universe on this unique day in history? . . .
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Think of Journal writing as an
ongoing two part cycle
1. The writing process
2. The harvesting process
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