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Journal Writing Basics: Ask How

by Amber Lea Starfire on April 23, 2011

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questionI have often written that journaling is a good way to gain clarity about your life, and that it helps you to move through and understand emotional issues. If you are new to journal writing, you may be wondering how to go about this process of clarity and understanding, or how writing down what you already know makes anything clearer.

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Daily Inspiration for Journal Writing: Anthony Doerr

by Amber Lea StarfireDecember 4, 2010
Daily Inspiration for Journal Writing: Anthony Doerr

Post #20 – Memoir Writing, Journaling – Amber Starfire – MANY people think that journal writing (or diary keeping) is just for girls (and later, women). After all, writing about your daily events and — especially — feelings is not considered very “manly” in today’s American culture. But historically, many famous men have kept journals, […]

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Journal Writing for Memoir: Writing About Conflict

by Amber Lea StarfireNovember 27, 2010
Journal Writing for Memoir: Writing About Conflict

Combine journal writing and storytelling techniques to get the most out of your journaling experience.

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Journal Writing Sense: Skin Deep

by Amber Lea StarfireNovember 20, 2010
Journal Writing Sense: Skin Deep

In a recent workshop, I was struck (again) by the mono-sensual nature of most of our descriptions. It’s not because touch is not an important part of our lives. On the contrary! Its absence in our writing is most likely due to lack of practice, both in being aware of our sensual touch experience and how to articulate what we feel. And what greater place to practice sensual description than in our journal writing?

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Daily Inspiration for Journal Writing: Judy Collins

by Amber Lea StarfireNovember 13, 2010
Daily Inspiration for Journal Writing: Judy Collins

Judy Collins, famous singer and songwriter said, “I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot… and memory is important.” Journal writing teaches us how to access deep emotion, how to record a scene, and helps us record memories for future use.

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Journal Writing for Memoir: Writing About Real Characters

by Amber Lea StarfireNovember 6, 2010
Journal Writing for Memoir: Writing About Real Characters

When you’re writing in your journal about the events and people in your life — particularly when your intention is to practice writing skills, you are recording a scene, or you think you might want to use your writing for later storytelling or memoir — take some time to think about and describe their traits. Making the effort to record, through writing, the real live people as they are in a particular period of your life will help you later.

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Journal Writing Basics: 10 Reasons to Write Every Day

by Amber Lea StarfireOctober 30, 2010
Journal Writing Basics: 10 Reasons to Write Every Day

The number of reasons to write on a daily basis are as long and varied as one’s imagination. In fact, I have a series of articles on my website, WritingThroughLife.com, dedicated to answer the question, Why Write? To complement that series, I thought it would be fun to put together the following short list of 10 reasons that prove why it’s beneficial — and important! — to write every day.

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