New blog on the health benefits of writing

The new blog's tag line is "Tapping into the health benefits and power of expressive writing." Be sure to visit WRITING FOR THE HEALTH OF IT, a fine new entry into the blogosphere, created by my colleague Sharon Lippincott.

From Sharon's blog The Heart and Craft of Life Writing:

The new blog represents my growing understanding of the power of the life writing process. Perhaps like most of you, I began writing my lifestory primarily to document my experiences and insights for my family. I wanted to leave a written legacy of my life. I read books that mentioned personal

insight and a sense of satisfaction as frequent outcomes of writing memoir. That sounded good and made sense, but it was not a primary goal for me, and though I paid the concept lip service, I really didn’t “get it.”

For eight or nine years I cranked out one vignette and essay after another, rather like a quilter practicing various designs on single squares. Someday, I told myself, I’ll sort through these squares and arrange them into a quilt — probably several quilts... But not just yet.

Eventually writing single pieces did become less satisfying. ...

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Congratulations, Sharon!

 

Comments

[Judy Krings]

Thanks for your motivation!