Writing Practice Prescription

by
Juliet Platt
Last year, with the kids home for summer I resigned myself to the fact that I wasn’t going to have much time for writing or research. Not wishing to feel like the weeks were slipping by unproductively, I needed to look to other sources to keep my creative imagination alive.
While the kids watched [...]

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The 2008 Writers Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers just arrived in my mailbox. I look forward to this list each year and find that I have some favorites that I follow, such as C. Hope Clark’s Funds for Writers. Having exchanged some emails with Hope in the past (she is a neat lady), I [...]

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This past Thursday, on April 24, 2008, ten attendees came to the Creekside Communications Seminar on WellWriting: Seeking Wellness, Story by Story. Feedback in the evaluation forms turned in at the end of the day reflects the success of the group and their participation.
Feedback highlights included comments such as “I learned that…”

“Writing is healing for [...]

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Seven writers gathered at Cameron’s Pub and Inn to attend our April 19th, 2008 WellWriting Workshop: Seeking Wellness–Story by Story. At the end of the day, the group was bonded, happy, and pleased with their day. Each participant took home their writing materials and output as well as a CD loaded with resources about developing [...]

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Mindstorming, sometimes called prospecting or the “20-idea method” sets the stage for letting your creative juices call forth suggestions for your writing as well as ways to improve your fortune and productivity. The process of mindstorming involves taking a question and then doing some personal “brainstorming” with your writing. This exercise is a great jogger [...]

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There gets to be a place in chronic illness where you realize that being ill is not going to stop you from living well.
–Rachel Naomi Remen
When you carry the burden of a chronic disease or health condition, life can be downright hard and seem quite unfair. Still a ray of freedom resides in the [...]

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Seeking the keyboard when everything else calls you away from your computer may be easier with these words from Sara Davidson in her Newsweek Jan 22nd, 2007 article, The First Day of the Rest of My Life:
“That’s the real reason to continue writing now: for the periods when your mind is humming and the narrative [...]

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It may not be a surprise to you at all to know that writing your own life story can be healing and helpful to you. But did you know that writing your story can help others?
Dr. Robert Sommer, in his 2003 article, The Use of Autobiography in Psychotherapy, notes that a recent explosion of published [...]

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by
Ellen Taliaferro, MD
In a previous post, What Is Your ACE Score, I noted that the founders of the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study reported 10 adverse childhood experiences that impact your current state of health. That post also provided a link to a site that will let you determine what your ACE score is. (You [...]

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I have coined the term WellWriting® to name an ongoing writing practice. WellWriting is a form of therapeutic, expressive, and focused autobiographical writing that has been shown to improve numerous health conditions. This form of writing is easy to do, inexpensive, and requires no research other than self-exploration.
WellWriting has helped many people recovering from traumatic [...]

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