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"Academics are expected to write but seldom consider and discuss the nature of academic writing. As a result, the practice is shrouded in mystery. Writing for Academic Journals makes explicit much of what is normally opaque and it should be among the first ports of call for any academic who is contemplating getting published. This new edition achieves the near-impossible: improving on what was already acknowledged as a first-rate compendium".

Professor Ronald Barnett, Institute of Education, University of London, UK

"Our experience is that Rowena's practical approach works for busy academic staff. Not only does it enable them to increase their publication output and meet deadlines, but it boosts enthusiasm for writing and stimulates creative thinking."

Kate Morss, Director, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, UK

This book unravels the process of writing academic papers. It tells readers what good papers look like and how they can be written.

Busy academics must develop productive writing practices quickly. No one has time for trial and error. To pass external tests of research output we must write to a high standard while juggling other professional tasks. This may mean changing our writing behaviours.

Writing for Academic Journals, Second Edition, has been comprehensively updated to include the most recent research and theory in order to provide new knowledge on writing across the disciplines. Drawing on her extensive experience of running writing workshops and working closely with academics on developing writing, Rowena Murray offers practical and tested strategies for good academic writing. ... Read more

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Writing a journal is not just about keeping a record of daily events - journal writing provides a unique therapeutic opportunity for personal and professional development. Kate Thompson guides the reader through developing journal writing as a self-sustaining, reflective tool that can be used in countless situations: for teachers to bring learning journals to life, for therapists as a complement or alternative to talking therapy, for health and social care professionals wanting to embark on reflective practice or for anyone engaged in personal or professional development. "Therapeutic Journal Writing" includes advice on facilitating a therapeutic journal writing group, proposed clinical applications, practical techniques, useful journal prompts, exercises and case vignettes. This clear guide to the basics of journaling and its development as a therapeutic medium will be a valuable handbook for therapists, health and social care practitioners, teachers, life coaches, writing facilitators and anyone seeking personal development in themselves or their clients.Writing for Therapy or Personal Development, a foundation library to a rapidly developing field, covers the theory and practice of key areas. Clearly exemplified, engaging and accessible, the series is appropriate for therapeutic, health care, or creative writing practitioners and facilitators, and for individual writers or courses. ... Read more

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Based on the #1 New York Times bestseller with two million copies in print -- a beautifully designed journal that includes 365 inspirational affirmations.

With 365 daily affirmations and blank pages for journal writing, Phil McGraw is back to help millions of followers figure out what is wrong in their lives, and how to fix it.In his trademark tell-it-like-it-is style -- made famous by his weekly Oprah appearances -- he provides readers with daily affirmations and inspirational statements that will become a source of strength for anyone who has used his books to change their lives. The Life Strategies Self-Discovery Journal is bound to become the next big "Dr. Phil" bestseller. ... Read more

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Dr. Phil Books and CD's
I have and read every book Dr. Phil has written and 2 of the CD Book's.There isn't any information that he proects that isn't helpful.This man is down to earth and I watch or tape his show every day.I have improved my own life from listening, reading, and watching him.I can't even imagine him being behind a desk and seeing clients on an hourly basis on his couch sort-of-speak.He is doing what he is suppose to be doing and God Bless him for including his family.He is Mr. Wonderful. It would be my dream to meet him some day.

Eh...
Repeats itself quite a bit. If you can get it cheap enough, then I reccomend it. If not, skip it.

choose a better self help book
I was dissappointed in this journal, because it seemed like more of a workbook. I was expecting more of a self help book, not a book which I had to write my own opinions. I bought this book to hear the opinions of another person, that is not what I recieved. I do not think that is helpful, but if you like to do exercises, go ahead and try it.

A MAJOR DISAPPOINTMENT!
If you have read Life Strategies or have completed any of the exercses in the Life Strategies Workbook, then you are already on your way to self-discovery.Both are excellent self-help tools and highly recommended.However, this journal is not like the original book or the companion workbook and readers could be very disappointed.There is nothing contained in this journal that would lead one to self-discovery other than what the reader actually chooses to write.You are not prompted for ideas, thoughts or feelings but left to your own resources to express your own thoughts. There are a variety of basic journals on the market, many for more outstanding than this one, so invest your money in the Life Strategies book and the Life Strategies Workbook and pass on the Self-Discovery Journal.

Great Resource for Personal Growth!
This journal will help you to map out and record your quest for self-discovery and enlightenment. The lay out is great and you will find all of the extra tools and hints are useful and somewhat inspiring. Dr. McGraw has done it again! I also like to use this journal to record my personal growth from a book by Matt Pasquinilli called "The Child Whisperer." Even though the book is written with parents and teachers in mind, the ideas are simple to understand and apply to any person of any age. ... Read more

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One is a series of four, this journal is a superlative addition toMary's current line of personal reflection products, providing peoplewith a special place to record their thoughts, insights, or artisticrenderings and keep them forever. Nothing Is Worth More than This Day,is Mary's artistic reminder to live in the present.The three otherdesigns include: Count Your Blessings, a place to record all thethings to be thankful for in life; Do unto Others, which nudgesjournalists to remember the good, the beautiful, and the deservingamong us; and To Imagine Is Everything, for dreamers, hopers,doodlers, and planners, who will find ample inspiration to help themaim for the sky. Each journal is exquisitely produced on high-qualitylinen paper, with a textured case and ribbon marker. ... Read more

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A Journal for the Self
When I was looking for a journal, I thought I would only find the typical annual jounals.What a surprise that I happened to find this one illustrated by Mary Engelbreit!

The best from this specific journal is that I decide how to keep it, what I want to write, my improvements and achievements, my thoughts, good and not so good times.

Mary Engelbreit's drawings are warm and motivating. It's definitely the journal for the Self! One to be kept forever.

Highly recommendable. ... Read more

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'Publish or perish' is the imperative in academic research. As students are now required to do postgraduate work in order to gain clinical qualifications, more are being exposed to the research culture than ever before. Academics are being pressured to increase their publishing output in peer-reviewed journals as a measure of their own and their university's success. Generally, researchers in psychology need to know how to get their work published in order to develop their reputation.

Despite the pressure to publish, few researchers know how to write up their work in order to maximize its potential for publication. This practical guide demystifies the journal publication process. Experienced researcher and author Dennis M McInerney shows how to plan for publication from the beginning of a research project, how to write publishable articles and how to approach journals. Examples are drawn from a variety of internationally renowned journals and psychology fields. It ought to become the reference point for beginning, as well as experienced researchers in psychology and neighbouring disciplines ... Read more

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When nomad artist and free spirit Dan Price began jotting down his musings in the form of whimsical drawings and inspired prose, he hardly could have imagined that his self-published journal-zine, the MOONLIGHT CHRONICLES, would earn him a cult following across the country. Now in its twentieth edition, the MOONLIGHT CHRONICLES has brought Dan's creed of "truth, beauty, and really big sabbaticals from the convention of life" to thousands across the countryWith such a following, Dan figured it was time to collect his offbeat observations into book form in hopes of inspiring other would-be journal writers to take pen, camera, and brush in hand. As Dan is fond of noting "Seems there's tons of empty journal books, but not too many on how to fill 'em up!" In HOW TO MAKE A JOURNAL, Dan answers the call, teaching readers how to tap into those pent-up creative juices and collect their life experiences on paper. ... Read more

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journal of life book review
I totally enjoyed this book and have been inspired to keep my own sketchbook - journal. This book is a gift from the author to the reader. The author puts his creative heart into it and makes the daily journal process accessible to everyone, at any age or level of skill, or artistic talent. All that is required is the creative inclination and courage to start. This is a fun little book that helps you drop any blocks and start where you are utilizing a little journal to record of the best and often overlooked occurrences in your daily life.

So inspiring and creative
I have found this book so inspirational, it was exactly what I expected.It has inspired to want to live a life like Dan Prices, creative, free-spririted traveller and explorer, to be at one with nature, not materialistic, and to draw my life for the rest of my live, anything and everything.He has helped me to define my artistic skills and create and appreciate my own style. Will never forget this book, will cherish it forever and refer to it again and again if ever i'm in need of a bit of artistic inspiration.

Might be good for you, not so much for me...
I was looking to read this book for a couple of main reasons.First I wanted some motivation in helping me start a journal and second I really wanted some input and guidance on how to use that journal for reflection and analysis of my thoughts and events.

This book does a great job of motivating the reader to go out and experience lots of offerings in life and to see the beauty of the world.It makes great references to expanding out and using the journal for drawings and adding photos to it to capture life's moments.I would best characterize the author's interpretation of a journal as a an album of your life containing writings, sketches, and photos that capture your life's events.However, I see that as part of journal; but, also I see a journal as a way to capture your thoughts and events that may be good and/or bad in your life and use it for reflection and I had expected there to be some of that in there in terms of helpfulness to guide that process.

Sweet - and great if you are a beginner
This is a very sweet little book. I enjoyed it but found it a little hard to read because of the color of some of the pages. Author could have used lighter color for his accent pages.

Does not provide much "how-to", but rich in encouraging journaling, sketching and using photos (scrapbooking-like). If you have never ventured into journaling, or have only written your observations, this may be just right for you.

As someone who teaches creative journaling and is not afraid to put pen to paper (whether as a scribe or artist), I found it far too basic for me and what I was expecting. I like his approach, but would have preferred to have had a bit deeper discussion, or more ideas about how to get started. Then I would have given it more stars.

This book is as much doodles of the mind as it is doodles of the pen. It was too "lite" for my wishes. I give him 5 stars for the idea, 3 stars for the execution of the idea, thus my 4 star rating and why I am reselling my copy.

I suggest you also look at any of Sark's books Succulent Wild Woman, Sark's Journal and Play!Book : A Place to Dream While Awake or Juicy Pens, Thirsty Paper: Gifting the World with Your Words and Stories, and Creating the Time and Energy to Actually Do It to see what is possible.

Fun little book, but fall apart easily
I just love the way it is written and the playfulness of the book.

It doesn't teach you how to draw necessarily but ideas what to draw and how to go about it.

I like it, but I'm sorry to say that It did fall apart after just a few days. ... Read more

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Half-leather-bound blank Writing Journal in brown leather. Made in Italy for Fiorentina. Marbled page edges in brown, black and tan. Sewn in ribbon marker. Cream colored pages. Ribbed leather spine. Book edges in leather. Center of covers in marbled cloth similar to page edges. ... Read more

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For smart women, no ordinary journal will do. With plenty of space to write, sketch, and doodle, this journal comes with four different colors of pencils inscribed with "Smart Women Lead Colorful Lives" and three other slogans. Catchy phrases sprinkled throughout the journal inspire women to tell it like it is. ... Read more

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With powerful, practical step-by-step writing exercises, a wealth of examples, and stories of personal transformation through journaling, Writing and Being demonstrates that intentional, guided journaling is a profound way to discover one's authentic self. Beyond mere diary writing, these creative journaling methods help readers chart a path for a better future. The book begins by providing tips for the logistics of journal keeping, and includes suggestions for getting started. It then explores the entire writing process and explains the distinctions between private writing and public writing. The book also explains the biology behind the powerful experience of journaling by laying out recent discoveries about the human brain, showing how journaling can heal psychological and spiritual wounds. Finally, the author shows how to make journaling both a voyage of self-discovery and a means of sharing one's journey and inspiring others in a caring community of expanding love, support, and positive energy. ... Read more

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Writing and Being: Embracing Your Life Through Creative Journaling
Like many people, my experiences in English class were uninspired and downright dreary. The teacher told us to write about our summer vacation so painstakingly we all wrote some sort of drivel, as short and quickly as possible. Inevitably, that work came back with red marks all over it. I really wish I would have had G. Lynn Nelson as a teacher.

G. Lynn Nelson started out his career just like every other English teacher, ready with that red pen in his hand. Then, he had an epiphany which changed his teaching style and the lives of many of his students. Creative writing became his weapon against lack of creativity and the hatred of writing.

Writing and Being is an excellent guide to the beginnings of creative write either for person journal writing or for pieces that will eventually be seen by the public. This book would make an excellent text for a high school creative writing course but could easily be tailored to suit younger students or even adults wishing to reconnect with themselves. Personally, writing in my journal is an automatic part of my day, like brushing my teeth or checking my email. It keeps me centered and allows me to look to the heart of the issues that I face each day.

The best writing exercises ever!
This is a gem of a book. I've read through the entire book, and have worked my way through about half of the exercises, and the author has the most tremendous, deep writing experiences that I've ever seen. But not for the faint of heart, because the journal writing prompts he gives are truly deep. They may take you to interior places that you haven't visited in a while.

A superb book. The best I've seen. ... Read more

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An inspirational, practical, and literate guide to starting and keeping a journal - and transforming it into something permanent like a memoir or a novel.

Leaving A Trace is a practical guide to keeping a journal successfully and transforming it into future projects. Each chapter features both narrative and tailored exercises for beginning and committed diarists. Beginners will turn first to quick ways to overcome inhibitions, get started, and stay on course. Seasoned chroniclers will start diaries with a new slant: they will learn how to trigger inspiration with creative brainstorming exercises; how to note patterns in diaries they already have, and how to shape their material. ... Read more

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Leaving A Trace
This is full of ideas on keeping a journal.What type you may want to keep.How to keep it from being boring, and not just a list of what you did.It shows you how to make journaling a way to pass you thoughts, what you seen, how events in history were view, on to future generations.

Need Inspiration to Write? You'll find it here...
This has become my favorite book on writing, any type of writing. I know that the book's title contains the phrase "on keeping a journal" and it is certainly about that, but it is so much more. This is a perfect book for a person looking to write a memoir. Johnson's writing is so lyrical; it's almost like reading a song in places. I have found it extremely inspiring. I barely make it through a page without having to stop and write down some wisp of prose brought forth by her words. I highly recommend this book for anyone needing inspiration to write...

Good companion piece to The Hidden Writer
A well-written book on the rich rewards of keeping a journal.Full of luminous personal anecdotes.It is intended for the somewhat experienced journal-keeper so it doesn't detail all the various types you can keep, nor does it assign you basic writing exercises.Instead it gets into the psychology of journal-writing, and examines fascinating topics like tracing long-term patterns through your life and shaping material from your journals into memoir.The author alludes to some of the rich material she covered in The Hidden Writer, but only slightly.This is a good companion to The Hidden Writer.

Truly inspirational!
"Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal" is simply inspiring! I began reading other books about journaling, and they were so factual with stringent journaling exercises that were geared for the artistically inclined - even experienced - journal keepers, and they were extremely intimidating.If you're a beginner in the world of journals, this book is the best out there, as it's geared for the "every person," giving realistic examples for real people to journal, and very creative exercises to jump start your journaling experience, which only require you to sit down and write.If you're already a journal keeper, this book will renew that love you have for your journal and will re-open your eyes to the wonderful world of journaling, giving it new life.I've been inspired by author Alexandra Johnson, and I cannot wait to explore my journal even further.I recommend.

What to do with your journals...
I am an avid journaler, and this book was a delight to read.It wouldn't be a book for a beginner, however.Only the first few chapters really talk about how to journal.The rest of the book is more about how to "harvest" your journals and what to do with them to turn them into other creative writing, seeing patterns and writing about those, etc.

The book has some excellent quotes.Here's a good one: "To keep a journal is to know the present is still under consideration, merely a first draft of your experience."So there's some food for thought - and pen!

My favorite books on journaling are "Journal Keeping" by Luann Budd and "How to Keep a Spiritual Journal" by Ron Klug. ... Read more

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**By the authors of the acclaimed Introduction to Rubrics
**Major growth of interest in keeping journals or diaries for personal reflection and growth; and as a teaching tool
**Will appeal to college faculty, administrators and teachers

One of the most powerful ways to learn, reflect and make sense of our lives is through journal keeping.

This book presents the potential uses and benefits of journals for personal and professional development—particularly for those in academic life; and demonstrates journals’ potential to foster college students’ learning, fluency and voice, and creative thinking.

In professional life, a journal helps to organize, prioritize and address the many expectations of a faculty member’s or administrator’s roles. Journals are effective for developing time management skills, building problem-solving skills, fostering insight, and decreasing stress.

Both writing and rereading journal entries allow the journal keeper to document thinking; to track changes and review observations; and to examine assumptions and so gain fresh perspectives and insights over past events.

The authors present the background to help readers make an informed decision about the value of journals and to determine whether journals will fit appropriately with their teaching objectives or help manage their personal and professional lives. They offer insights and advice on selecting the format or formats and techniques most appropriate for the reader’s purposes. ... Read more

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LIfe Changing...REALLY!
This book gets to the very heart of what can turn merely logging events into transformative reflective practice.The authors offer up a easy-to-read combination of the theory behind truly reflective journal keeping and its benefits as well as helpful activities to get you being the journey from simply documenting events to reaping the life-changing rewards of reflective journaling.A must read for frustrated, half-hearted journalers that have started and stopped journaling more times than they can count.This is the book you've been looking for.Outstanding...really.

A highly recommended addition to personal, professional, academic, and community library reference collections
There are many purposes for keeping a daily diary or personal journal. Making a written record of our lives, experiences, and thoughts often helps us to understand them better, provide an emotional relief, memorialize accomplishments, benefit our posterity, and establish the only kind of immortality that most of us can hope for. That's why "Journal Keeping: How To Use Reflective Writing For Learning, Teaching, Professional Insight, And Positive Change" by Dannelle D. Stevens and Joanne E. Cooper is such an invaluable and highly recommended instructional manual for aspiring diarists and journalists. "Journal Keeping" identifies and explains the uses of keep a journal for personal and/or professional development, how journal writing helps to organize, prioritize, and clarify creative thinking and problem-solving skills. Of special note is what the co-authors have to say about journal keeping in this era of the personal computer as a means to enhance and educator or administrator's management abilities, as well as decreasing the stress of their responsibilities. With its illustrative case studies, "Journal Keeping" is also of immense value as an instructional resource for aspiring writers seeking to hone their own creative abilities with respect to the written word. "Journal Keeping" is a highly recommended addition to personal, professional, academic, and community library reference collections and supplemental reading lists. ... Read more

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In the tradition of Annie Dillard and Natalie Goldberg, this resource for writers and non-writers alike shows the act of writing to be a dynamic means of knowing, healing, and creating the body, mind, and spirit.Amazon.com Review
Writing for Your Life is an inspiring companion for anywriter, professional or personal, who sees writing as a spiritualact. Early chapters on creativity and story would appeal to anyoneinterested in breaking through self-imposed boundaries, by encouragingthe writer to "set yourself the task to write not only what you knowbut more especially what you don't know." We've all heard this before,but Deena Metzger (A Sabbath Among the Ruins) provides suchresonant anecdotes and enticing exercises that it begins to seem notonly doable but fun. "Even when writing about ourselves or an eventthat we know well," she says, "we sometimes find that the story ... istaking a direction we never expected. As it is always possible to comeback to the known, it is politic, under these circumstances, to seewhere the story wants to go." Later chapters help writers access theirinner worlds through meditation, spirit guides, mythology, tarotcards, the muse, visions, nature, and dreams. To follow Metzger's bookclosely requires a great deal of hard but rewarding,work. "Maintaining a spiritual practice is an ordeal like climbing amountain," Metzger warns, "and it demands the same of us: commitment,discipline, endurance, focus, and awareness. There at the top is thesky and, perhaps, the large vision, but ultimately the meaning is inthe climbing."--Jane Steinberg ... Read more

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WRITING TO OPEN TO YOURSELF
I borrowed this book so often from two different county libraries that I knew it deserved a place on my bookshelf. I find the organization of material clear and progression of topics done well. I love how Ms. Metzger writes. She is a good exampe of what is possible in our own writing. As I love the personal and self-understanding as a way of growing through this "school of life," this book hits the spot, over and over.

A gift for any writer who wants to go deeper
Deena Metzger's book is generous, spiritual, pragmatic and inspiring. Her exercises and prompts may lead you to deep areas within yourself that are surprising and she is a constant, understanding guide. You won't be disappointed.

wonderful for teens!
This book wonderfully encourages young people to practice the therapeutic and creative art of journal writing.

Makes it worth living
Aristotle said "the unexamined life is not worth living."Deena Metzger provides effective and fun tools for examining one's life.I know that my life is awesome!

Experience the wonder
of self-knowledge through journals, myths, dreams, story and autobiography. Deena Metzger will have you grabbing your pen over and over as she leads you down the road to the inner territory of the writer. ... Read more

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There is a major distinction between those who absorb media images as spectators, and those who absorb them as commentators.Responding to images as a journalist, broadcaster, essayist, or critic, requires keen precision and a unique originality.In today's media-saturated environment, the only way to be heard over the din of all the other news reports and commentaries is to write and respond in a manner that is fresh and inviting.MEDIA JOURNAL is a reader containing 40 selections focusing on cultural studies, the media and popular culture.The authors have organized the book by asking readers to do three things:to keep media journals in which they reflect on the uses they make of the voices and images of popular culture, to read and respond to the work of other media critics, and to try their hands at writing media criticism themselves.Readings are drawn from a wide range of writings, and are selected for their liveliness, contemporaneity, and insight.Updated readings better address the diverse media culture of the 1990s.Each reading selection is followed by: "Coming to Terms"--understanding the author in one's own words; "Reading as a Writer"--looking at style and strategy; and "Writing Criticism"--making an author's words and ideas a source for one's own writing. Journalists, writers, cultural historians, critics, philosophers, and anyone interested in popular culture, the media, and cultural studies. ... Read more

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Book
Interesting Read. Its for my college Rhetoric 100 classes and helps you see what you can really do with such a small subject like "Blue Jeans". ... Read more

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Let me be grateful for my lessons today and know that all is well.

Inspired by millions of women who have made Each Day a New Beginning their daily companion, this journal version of the beloved meditation book allows you to personalize favorite passages. Record your hopes and fears, your triumphs and setbacks, as you reflect on the lessons found in living each new day. With insight and clarity, daily meditations explore common issues that women struggle with, from loneliness and shame to spirituality and hope. Women in recovery, as well as all women interested in personal development and self-discovery, will find guidance and affirmation in this invaluable journal.

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Recovery for Women
Book is excellent for women in recovery. It is positve and relevant to womens struggles. Most AA literaure is sexist and arcahic. This is fresh and a great support for women.

Start the day
This journal is a lovely way to start your day and your life,
if so be it.Healthy, inspired quotes and reflections guide
you toward a healthier you.Your recovery is supported even
more by the daily writings.

Worth Every Penny!
Having been abused as a child, I thought I had (through therapy) worked through everything.I still had some residual issues and this daily devotional has been a godsend.The daily readings are on point, not preachy, and have put what is left of my anger and inability to "let go" into perspective.I recommend this devotional/journal to anyone that has some emotional baggage that they have had trouble getting rid of.I look forward to other such books from this author.This one has been a blessing!!

...and I don't usually journal...
Each Day a New Beginning has been a meditation book of mine for years - a dear and beloved start for each day of mine.Then this journal came along and I thought, oh why not....I've never been a journaler, have been given many "beautiful" books, but just never used them.This one I use, EVERY DAY!!!!One of the reasons is that there is a limited and rather small amount of room to write each day - so I can jot down the highlights and not feel like I "failed" becauase I did not fill a page or whatever.Love it.

Excellent journal
Excellent journal. I've been reading the daily meditations book for many years now and have been writing thoughts on the margins of the pages. Now I have space to write my thoughts. It's great to be able to go back years later and see how my views on different subjects have changed ... or how I've grown. ... Read more

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Amazing Examples Throughout
This book is an illuminating look at what is required for successful and engaging feature writing. The examples throughout the book are some of the best newswriting I have ever read. The author does a great job of laying out methods and pointing out things the novice may not think of and the expert may have forgotten.

The strong point of this book is definitely the examples and the included narratives that explain why these stories were successful.

Excellent!
Targeted at journalists but useful for academics and other professionals whose work involves significant writing.

FIVE STARS.
This book is extremely well written and is helping me a lot in my job as a technical writer. It clearly lays out elements to make story telling -- even about the most boring subject -- interesting. It has the most 'bang for the buck' than any other book I've read on this subject; I highly recommend it.

good man, that Blundell
The most important concept for a feature writer is capturing and retaining a reader's attention. From everyday living to world catastrophe, a journalist's stories should remain worth telling and reading. William Blundell gives the aspiring student nine chapters worth of calculated steps from his own experience on how to become this writer: working with raw material, story dimensions, planning, execution and organization. He wraps it all up by explaining word craft and editing.
In the beginning section he describes in great detail how to create the thesis for a story, or as he calls it "The Main Theme Statement". This structural tool guides the work from start to finish. Another chapter relates sections of stories he and other journalists have written to know what questions and angles are needed even before heading out the door. Character building and connecting with the people closest to the story, i.e.: the farmer, not the statistics, is emphasized. These example stories teach us about structure and clarity.
Finally, he instructs the student on the value of organization and self-criticism. To organize, one must first grab the reader's attention, explain what the story is about, give details with proof and finish with a selling point. When it comes to being critical, Blundell encourages a dialogue between your left and right brain (the editor and the artist). While the artist writes the piece with a lovely flowing beauty, the critic/editor relentlessly cuts it up using the most crucial bits of information to redefine the story.
This book serves as a wonderful lesson to anyone wishing to become a better writer/storyteller, whatever your individual skill level. Be wary however, after getting half way through the book, I found the stories to be long and almost painful to read. A few times I found myself questioning the effectiveness of the story and skimmed through them. On a positive note, this didn't seem to distract me and his subject matter was easily understood.

This is a terrific book!
This is a terrific book!Buy it!You'll use it and enjoy it.

This is a tell & show book.First, Blundell tells you what is important and why.Then he supports each assertion with an example in the form of a well written piece.The examples alone are worth reading.\

This the best book I've ever read about writing. ... Read more

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Great Quotes
Great inspirational quotes throughout the journal.It was a little smaller than I expected. ... Read more

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Studies confirm what avid journalers have always known: that writing about difficult experiences helps the writer move forward. Many self-help books recommend journaling as a way to express emotions and explore past hurts - as well as to simply get organized, make plans, and set goals - yet few of the books show how to do it. In Journalution, Sandy Grason combines the writing guidance of Julia Cameron with the emotional nurturing of Shakti Gawain. With chapters including "Completing Your Incompletions," "Masterminding Your Destiny," and "Communicating with a Higher Power," the book balances basic instruction in the art of journaling with intimate entries from the author and her workshop participants. Activities, such as timed and stream-of-consciousness writing exercises and keeping a dream log, follow each chapter. Throughout, Grason offers guidelines and prompts, encouraging readers to pick up the pen and journal their way to greater self-awareness. ... Read more

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So far, so good!
I've only been writing out of this guided journal for a couple weeks, but so far I really like the prompts - they really get me thinking about things and they help give me an outlet.I have a tendency to only write about my day and never really get deep into my emotions or my past too much and I like that this gives me good ideas for journaling.I would reccomend this to someone who is looking to find themselves and learn about what makes them who they are.

nurture yourself
A great book that encourages journaling for your soul. I have found this is one of the best ways of taking care of myself from the inside out.

Journalution
Sometimes, it's very hard to gain perspective during a difficult time. We see ourselves reacting in an unhealthy way or repeating the same mistakes like some sort of broken machine. Yet, we just can't seem to figure out why we such things or how to break the cycle.

Journaling helps. It's very interesting. You can go for years repeating the same cycle and not see it but spend two weeks writing on a single fixated subject and suddenly you find that you can't deny these issues anymore. Everything is right there in black and white (or blue or whatever).

Still, some people find that they need a little help getting started. That's what Journalution is for. It takes the fear out of the process and gives some really good questions to begin the exploration.

Listening through Writing
Although I have been journaling since "forever", this book gave me valuable insight on how to become more in tune to my private writings and how they reflect on what my inner-spirit is trying to tell me.I went to a whole new level of using my diary as a way for God to speak to me. Take the time out to read "Journalution", and you will definitely be inspired as well.

Inspiring
I love this book.
I can't wait to finish so I can start my therapy.
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This revised and expanded edition of the classic At a Journal Workshop, a self-published bestseller, offers the reader access to the most widely praised method of diary writing. This rich, insightful work is a treasure for all those involved in self-inquiry, artistic creation and spiritual renewal. ... Read more

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Very Powerful Tool
This book is a powerful tool for self analysis as well as for anyone that meditates.

Wow it's a tough one
This book is VERY in depth, probably more than most people want to go.It's allot of work and time consuming although I like it.If you buy it, be prepared to work at it.

Many gems, but not well-organized.
I am a fan of Progoff's Intensive Journal and have been doing the journal method for over 20 years. This book is a valuable tool for learning this technique, but it is not well-organized.

The first third of the book does a good job of explaining the method, but the rest of the book has a very meandering style. This is in keeping with the spirit of the journal, but without having done a workshop it will be difficult for people to learn what they need to know on their own with only this book as a guide.

However, AT A JOURNAL WORKSHOP is invaluable commentary for those who have done the various Progoff's workshops. It is also valuable to those who haven't, but it isn't written is such a way that you can learn what you need to know without plodding through the whole book carefully.

It would be great if someone could edit this text and organize it more efficiently. The metaphors and examples are excellent, but it definitely needs some updating and serious editing.

I encourage anyone who has not tried this method to give it a shot. It has been invaluable to me over the years and it's great to hear Dr. Progoff's own words on how to do it.

Although Progoff was a wonderful depth psychologist, he wasn't as good a writer in the conventional sense of the word. However, you need this book to truly capture the full spirit of the Intensive Journal Method. It will be a lot of work to go through it and make sense of it all in the way it's presented. However, it contains pearls of wisdom and excellent tips on how to make the most of the technique.

Heavy Reading on this Topic
As a reader with a degree in English and a master's degree too, it dismayed me to have such a hard time comprehending At a Journal Workshop. Maybe I was looking more for quick exercises that I could use with my journal and that made me impatient with the heavy language and obscure concepts of this book.
Perhaps the concepts of Twilight Imagery, Steppingstone Periods and Inner Wisdom Dialogue are easier to grasp in an actual workshop.
More in depth than I wanted to deal with. I recommend The Creative Journal by L. Capacchione which I found sparked some valuable insights for me in my journal writing.

In need of an inner editor
I cannot speak to the method itself, as I haven't been using it long enough.However, the book should have had the services of a good editor.Just b/c good journaling requires one to turn off one's inner editor doesn't mean a book about it should be written the same way!Needed someone to tighten up the structure and put signposts in the texts to help the reader follow the structure better. ... Read more

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From 1837 to 1861, Thoreau kept a Journal that began as a conventional record of ideas, grew into a writer's notebook, and eventually became the principal imaginative work of his career. The source of much of his published writing, the Journal is also a record of his interior life and of his monumental studies of the natural history of his native Concord, Massachusetts. Unlike earlier editions, the Princeton edition reproduces the Journal in its original and complete form, in a reading text free of editorial interpolations but keyed to a comprehensive scholarly apparatus.

Journal 8: 1854 is edited from the 467-page notebook that Thoreau kept February 13-September 3, 1854. It reveals him as an increasingly confident taxonomist creating lists that distill his observations about plant leafing and seasonal birds. Two particularly significant public events took place in his life in the summer of 1854. On July 4, at an antislavery rally at Framingham, Massachusetts, Thoreau appeared for the first time in the company of prominent abolitionists, delivering as heated a statement against slavery as he had yet made. And on August 9, Ticknor and Fields published Walden, the book Thoreau had been working on since 1846. In Journal 8 Thoreau indicates that these public accomplishments, though satisfying, took a toll on his creative life and did not fully compensate him for the hours spent away from the woods. ... Read more

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Be careful when you buy this particular item from Amazon
Hello all, I just wanted to say that you should definitely be careful when you purchase this version from amazon.com.I thought that it maybe was that they just did not have the actual picture of it up, but it is totally different.It is not like the other ones in the journal series with Thoreau's face on it and its kind of brown, this one is just a blueish-brown kind of color material and does not look like the others.

A day by day look at Thoreau
"Oct. 22nd, 1837. 'What are you doing now?' he asked, 'Do you keep a journal?'-- So I make my first entry today." Thus begins Thoreau's Journal, made up of more then two million words and covering about twenty-five years of his life.No other work of Thoreau's better exhibits his discipline as a writer and his devotion to the natural world.In the Journal can be found the fragmented foundations ofmasterpieces such as Walden, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, The Maine Woods, and Cape Cod.But what is perhaps more interesting to a reader of Thoreau's Journal are his thoughts and insights on topics such as friendship, love, religion, nature, bravery, heroism, war, slavery, the art of writing, and, most important to Thoreau, the art of living.Anyone with any interest in Thoreau will find his Journal to be an invaluable aid in understanding and following the life of one of America's most profound prose writers ... Read more

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Life is about becoming more than we are. -Oprah Winfrey Featuring over 100 timeless quotations to inspire confidence, commitment and action, this blank journal is a wonderful way to encourage yourself or a loved one to live their life to the fullest. The perfect gift to accompany a bold decision, a new career, an adventurous move, a college graduation, or a tough battle ahead, this small and chunky hardcover journal has 224 blank pages to pen thoughts, hopes, dreams, adventures and more. Because life is a grand adventure. And any life worth living is worth recording. One quote per spread. Made in China. ... Read more

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never received waiting for refund
Never received waiting for refund- called Amazon directly and they said there was no way to reship so they would refund full amount. ... Read more