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Day 22: October Journaling Adventure with The Joy of Writing Journal

Today we list 5 perceived flaws or strengths of ours. Or else of someone we admire. Do that now! Then we flip it. Explore how that strength can also be a flaw or how the flaw can be a strength. It’s a useful exercise in expanding our perceptions and perspective. I have trouble with the...  Read more

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Day 21: October Journaling Adventure with The Joy of Writing Journal

Note things that happened this past week that you can write about; make note of things that inspired you; schedule your writing times.

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Day 20: October Journaling Adventure with The Joy of Writing Journal

My journaling exploration leads to a couple of poems, one that ends with my sliding down a rock and stopping just before an opalescent oil slick.

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Day 19: October Journaling Adventure with The Joy of Writing Journal

In today’s journaling session I write about a huge, colorful beachball expelled by the waves in Narragansett Bay. It bounded directly to my friend Paula as we walked back from the brackish pond at Casey Point. She held out her hands and caught it. Before searching for its owner on the little cove, we decided...  Read more

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Day 18: October Journaling Adventure with The Joy of Writing Journal

You burn the letters
Of the disquieted dead
Hoping to silence them.

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Day 17: October Journaling Adventure with The Joy of Writing Journal

"In the sting of January, I put on my navy blue knee-length, cashmere sweater. I zip it up to my chin and stuff the pockets with Kleenex."

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Day 16: October Journaling Adventure with The Joy of Writing Journal

Welcome to Day 16 in our community jaunt through The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day. One activity I assign to all aspiring authors at the beginning of a project is to create a vision statement that you can read to inspire you, create momentum and also help you...  Read more

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Day 15: October Journaling Adventure with The Joy of Writing Journal

In today's video, Sherry Burton Ways Steine, author of Feel Good Spaces, shares three tips for enhancing your writing space for creative flow.

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Day 14: October Journaling Adventure with The Joy of Writing Journal

Today we’re writing about our writing dreams, dreams for our writing life and you can find the details in The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day. In my journal, I discover that none of the five so-called writing dreams I listed actually feels like it’s mine. Maybe that’s the...  Read more

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Day 13: October Journaling Adventure with The Joy of Writing Journal

These posts are designed to work with The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day. If you haven’t bought your copy yet, get it here and join us for the free October Journaling Adventure! We have a few celebrity novelists in today’s video: New York Times Bestselling author (for multiple...  Read more

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