Healing through writing

Post #1 – Women’s Memoirs, Writing and Healing – Kendra Bonnett and Matilda Butler

By Pamela Jane Bell

I believe that all writing is a form of healing, but this is especially true of memoir writing.

There are as many different ways to use healing in memoir as there are different kinds of memoirs. Here, as part of our “elevenses” (not the morning tea variety!) are 11 ways to heal through writing:

Writing and Healing #1: Healing Through Natural Selection

The act of shaping a story from the random events of a wildly unpredictable universe is a literary form of Darwin’s natural selection. You, the author, choose which experiences to expand on and which to minimize or delete. The result is evolution of the self and of the story.

Writing and Healing #2: Healing Through Befriending Your Inner Critic

I suspect the inner critic has been unfairly maligned. We’re all so busy trying to shut up the critic that we don’t give him (or her) a chance to be heard. You might be surprised at what your inner critic has to offer [click to continue…]

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