Dozens of insightful writing prompts combined with sample entries from respected professional writers help readers get more use and enjoyment from ...
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Jan 15, 2009
Elizabeth
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This is a book aimed toward journalers who also want to write, although the book description doesn't make that clear. Bender quotes from the journals of published writers (fiction and non-fiction) and lets those excerpts inspire writing and journaling exercises for the reader to try. This isn't a book for people who have never journaled before, yet it doesn't really offer much to the experienced journaler either. Perhaps advanced beginners would get the most out of this book, plus its target aud
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Jul 26, 2011
Casey
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There are a lot of great suggestions in this book, and many of the exercises are quite fun. Nothing is particularly revolutionary, but if you do want to start a journal you can keep up with, Bender gives important writing reminders and interesting ways to keep coming up with new material.
Some of the journaling examples, however, are pretty boring and less than enlightening. I feel I could have completely skipped over those excerpts and still gotten just as much from the book as I did.
Some of the journaling examples, however, are pretty boring and less than enlightening. I feel I could have completely skipped over those excerpts and still gotten just as much from the book as I did.
Sep 24, 2010
Lynn
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This group of books on journaling are the best I've read on beginning to journal...and keep it going as a daily practice.
Dec 27, 2011
This journaling book was not what I was looking for. I ended up going back to "Bird by Bird" by Ann Lamott. One of the best journaling books ever.
Oct 25, 2008
Pamela
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This book had many options/suggestions for journaling that were interesting and productive. However, all the samples were from her previous book so the try-it-yourself portion was the only new part.
Oct 16, 2007
Wendy
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This book is a little touchy-feely, but there is some good advice here.
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