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Can Teach:
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html.
Hundreds of free writing prompts to get you going. Though geared
to elementary school students, many are pertinent to adults as
well.
Center for Life Stories Preservation:
http://www.storypreservation.com/home.html.
Huge site for genealogy, writing tips, sample memoirs, lists
of organizations, and more.
Conversations Within:
http://www.journal-writing.com.
"Journal Writing and Inner Dialog," an excellent free
online workshop, conducted by Gerry Starnes who teaches journaling
in the Austin, TX area.
Diary Junction:
http://www.thediaryjunction.com. A resource providing information on, and links for over 300 historical and veteran diarists.
Heart Writing:
http://www.heartwriting.com/class.html. Journaling teacher Lynda Heines offers distance courses via email (prices vary) including "Journal To the Self" and "Building Self-Esteem Through Journal Writing." Also, a free online newsletter, Heart Writing.
Higher Awareness, Inc.:
http://www.higherawareness.com/journaling.shtml.
Online journal-writing courses with "automated personal
coaching," plus tools and resources for people who want
to reduce anxiety and stress via journal writing. Higher Awareness,
Inc., 3532 51st Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6L 1C6, 780- 462-2167.
Journal Magic:
http://www.journalmagic.com.
Journaling coach Sue Meyn offers professional coaching, tips
on getting started, plus resources, guest writers, and guided
journal meditations.
Journal Writing Resources:
http://people2.clarityconnect.com/webpages6/tbyrne.
Good bibliography of books on journal writing, links to journaling
sites, and other resources, including "Intensive Journal"
seminars on the method developed by psychologist Ira Progoff
- a pupil of Carl Jung and D.T. Suzuki - that uses structured
journal writing to "enable the writer to access the deeper
layers of his or her consciousness." (Contact http://www.intensivejournal.org,
or Dialogue House, 80 East 11th Street, #305, New York, NY 10003,
212-673-5880 or 800- 221-5844, for additional information on
classes using the Progoff method.)
Journal Writing with Virginia
Hamilton:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/diary.
Ms. Hamilton, a Newbery Medal-winning children's book author,
offers classes, journaling tips, and writing challenges. Included
is a program especially geared to teachers of grades 3-8.
Live Your Dream:
http://www.joycechapman.com.
Joyce Chapman assists others in their "journey toward self-fulfillment
and joy." The author of Journaling for Joy provides ideas,
techniques, an online journaling circle, and the Live Your Dream
newsletter.
Natalie Goldberg:
http://www.nataliegoldberg.com.
Writing guru Goldberg - author of Writing Down the Bones and
other books on finding the writer within - conducts weeklong
workshops in Taos, NM. Check site for dates, or call 800-846-2235.
New Life Stories:
http://www.newlifestories.com.
Ellen Moore's "Journaling Beneath the Surface" includes
a newsletter, writing resources, juicy writing prompts, links,
and more.
Online Education Newsletter:
http://www.onlineeducationnewsletter.com
offers a variety of writing classes, including journal writing.
Affiliated with WorldWide Learn (http://www.worldwidelearn.com),
the "world's directory of online courses, learning, and
education," which also offers journal-writing workshops.
Open Grove:
http://www.opengrove.com.
An audio magazine online ofholistic health and well-being.
Oxygen:
http://www.oxygen.com. Their
"Keep a Journal" prompt takes you to Oprah Winfrey's
extensive journal site: http://www.oprah.com. But if you click
on "The Writer's Tool Kit," under "Self Discovery,"
you will reap advice on how to craft personal, memory, and poetry
journals, and discover a pool of prompts.
Rebeccas Reads:
http://rebeccasreads.com/services.
Site run by Rebecca Brown, who publishes RebeccasReads e-Zine
and hosts Internet courses on journal writing - conducted via
email - for beginning to advanced students.
Soulful Living:
http://www.soulfulliving.com
. Dedicated to personal and spiritual growth. Click on "Soulful
Journals" to access their open journal where you may write,
anonymously or not. Each month the site explores a new topic,
with related articles.
Soul Food Café:
http://www.dailywriting.net.
Australian Heather Blakey's extensive and interesting site, featuring
the Muse Toolbox, guided imagery, creative arts projects, an
online journal, and the provocative "Antifreeze for the
Soul."
Spirituality & Health:
http://www.spiritualityhealth.com.
The print magazine's online site offers "spiritual practices
for human being." Though not about journal writing per se,
this thoughtful site lists workshops on self-renewal, and writing
meditations on subjects such as joy, listening, kindness, et
cetera.
Successful Writer:
http://www.thesuccessfulwriter.com. A clearinghouse for all available information, resources, and links about writing in all its various forms.
The Artist as Traveler:
Artist and teacher Gail Rieke offers workshops around the U.S.A.
incorporating travel experiences with journaling and collage.
For schedules: email riekestudios@aol.com,
or write 416 Alta Vista, Santa Fe, NM 87505, 505-988-5229.
The Artist's Way Web Sites:
http://www.taoscreatiivity.com,
which hosts The Artist's Way Creativity Camp in Taos, NM - a
week with Julia Cameron, James Nave', and selected faculty. (For
camp information, call 877-994-TAOS or, outside the U.S.A., 505-776-1518.)
The Center for Journal Therapy:
http://www.journaltherapy.com
is the organization run by Kathleen Adams, author and leader
in the field. Courses offered at the center's headquarters outside
of Denver include: "The Write Way to Wellness," "Journal
to the Self," and "Clinical Journal Therapy,"
which includes a home-study series. Contact: Center for Journal
Therapy, 12477 West Cedar Drive, #102, Lakewood, CO 80228, 303-986-6460
or 888-421-2298 or e-mail: info@journaltherapy.com.
Tristine Rainer's Center for
Autobiographic Studies:
http://www.storyhelp.com.
The nonprofit educational site of the author of The New Dairy,
CAS offers workshops, retreats, personalized sessions, and resources
for the diarist.
Veech Business Journal:
http://www.ate.co.nz/journal.html.
New Zealander John Veitch's [sic] site also includes many topics
related to personal journaling.
Whole Heart: http://www.whole-heart.com.Writer
Eldonna Bouton offers a series of four-week online journaling
workshops providing "focus, motivation, and support."
Courses include "Introduction to Journaling and Reconnecting
to the Self" and "Paper Dreams: How to Use Your Journal
to Create the Life You Want." Also, The Writefully Yours
Newsletter, a free e-zine for journalers.
Writers.com:
http://www.writers.com.
Online writing classes in all genres, with published authors
as instructors. Most courses are for fiction and non-fiction
writers but there are some for the diarist, including "The
Journal: Entering the Journey of Language" and "Inner
Journalism: Writing, Dreams, and Telling the Truth."
Writer's Online Workshops:
http://www.writersonlineworkshops.com.
Offshoot of Writer's Digest, offering six- to fourteen-week online
courses on life stories, with a focus on the "Personal/Family
Memoir."
Writing the Journey(tm):
http://www.writingthejourney.com.
Free online journal writing workshop developed by teacher Charlene
Kingston. Besides classes and a monthly newsletter, this site
features exercises, resources, tips, reviews, contests, and a
bookstore - all for the diarist.
Writing to Heal:
http://www.writingtoheal.com.
Margie Davis's site, "Writing to Heal, Writing to Grow,"
offers therapeutic personal essay courses - conducted via e-mail
- to examine and understand life's events. Among those offered:
"Memoirs for Seniors" and "Writing About Cancer."
Ms. Davis also conducts journaling classes for health care professionals.
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