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Journal Writing Basics: How to Avoid Self-Deception

by Amber Lea Starfire on June 25, 2011

catnav-journaling-activePost #46 – Memoir Writing, Journaling – Amber Starfire

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“I suppose I have a highly developed capacity for self-delusion, so it’s no problem for me to believe that I’m somebody else.” ~ Daniel Day-Lewis

We journal for a number of reasons: We want to make meaning of our lives, better understand ourselves, see things in fresh ways, and most of all, to tell our life stories. But when we write in our journals, if we merely repeat the stories we’ve been telling all our lives we’re missing the point and power of journal writing. The power of journaling lies in its ability to [click to continue…]

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Memoir Conversations #2: April 3, 2009

by Matilda ButlerApril 4, 2009
Memoir Conversations #2: April 3, 2009

Memoir Conversations #2 examines eight topics from handling traumatic events in your memoir, to truth telling, valuing your own life story, using the five senses, focusing on the theme and message of your memoir, naming names in your memoir, contrasting memoir with autobiography, and publishing basics.

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