Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal
10 best books like Leaving a Trace: On Keeping a Journal (Alexandra Johnson): The Writer's Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life, Chapter After Chapter: Discover the Dedication & Focus You Need to Write the Book of Your Dreams, The Memoir Project: A Thoroughly Non-Standardized Text for Writing & Life, The New Diary: How to use a journal for self-guidance and expanded creativity, A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries, Journal to the Self: Twenty-Two Paths to Personal Growth - Open the Door to Self-Understanding by Writing, Reading, and Creating a Journal of Your Life, Writing the Memoir, Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir, Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir, Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives
| Author | Priscilla Long |
| ISBN | 0984242104 |
Suitable for both beginning and advanced writers of fiction and nonfiction, The Writer's Portable Mentor: A Guide to Art, Craft, and the Writing Life distills 20 years of teaching and creative thought by the well-published author Priscilla Long. The Writer's Portable Mentor helps writers understand...
Writing a book requires a focus, a sense of knowing and trusting in yourself and your work. And it requires an unflinching commitment to staying the course. Chapter After Chapter shows you how to build on your good writing habits, accrue and recognize tiny successes, and turn your dedication to the craft...
| Author | Marion Roach Smith |
| ISBN | 0446584843 |
A recent study revealed that the Number 1 thing that baby boomers want to do in retirement is write a book....about themselves. It's not that every person has lived such a unique or dramatic life, but we inherently understand that writing memoir-whether it's a book, blog, or just a letter to a child-is...
| Author | Tristine Rainer |
| ISBN | 0874771501 |
The New Diary is about a completely modern concept of journal writing. It has little to do with the rigid daily calendar diary you may have kept as a child or the factual travelogue you wrote to recall the Grand Canyon. Instead, it is a tool for tapping the full power of your inner resources.
The...
| Author | Thomas Mallon |
| ISBN | 1886913021 |
Mallon has assembled a guide to the great diaries of literature -- from Samuel Pepys to Anais Nin. Mallon has written a new introduction for this edition which comments on the political consequences of keeping a journal, as in the former controversy involving Sen. Bob Packwood. A diarist himself, Mallon...
| Author | Kathleen Adams |
| ISBN | 0446390380 |
What I learned from this book is that there are no rules when it comes to personal journal writing. This one aspect has made the idea of keeping my own journal less daunting.
A good book for beginning journalers... it lists some guidelines for keeping a journal, a list of items one may want to collect...
| Author | Judith Barrington |
| ISBN | 0933377509 |
Since Writing the Memoir came out in early 1997 it has sold roughly 80,000 copies and is consistently praised as "the best book on memoir out there." It is thought-provoking, explanatory, and practical: each chapter ends with writing exercises. It covers everything from questions of truth and ethics...
In the tradition of Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird, a critically acclaimed National Book Award finalist shares inspiration and practical advice for writing a memoir.
Writing memoir is a deeply personal, and consequential, undertaking. As the acclaimed author of five memoirs spanning significant...
| Author | William Zinsser |
| ISBN | 0395901502 |
An indispensable book by writers who have experienced firsthand the rewards and challenges of crafting a memoir
Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist the orderly structure of a book. Inventing...
| Author | Louise DeSalvo |
| ISBN | 0807072435 |
In this inspiring book, based on her twenty years of research, highly acclaimed author and teacher Louise DeSalvo reveals the healing power of writing. DeSalvo shows how anyone can use writing as a way to heal the emotional and physical wounds that are an inevitable part of life. Contrary to what most...
| Author | Deena Metzger |
| ISBN | 0062506129 |
Pros:
-This book has some of the most creative and deepest writing prompts I've ever experienced.
-Those who follow the writing exercises will derive both personal and professional insight.
-This book can be used by writers of all levels.
Cons:
-The author disses "genre"...
| Author | Samara O'Shea |
| ISBN | 0061494151 |
Keeping a journal is easy. Keeping a life-altering, soul-enlightening journal, however, is not. At its best, journaling can be among the most transformative of experiences, but you can only get there by learning how to express yourself fully and openly. Enter Samara O'Shea.
O'Shea charmed...
| Author | Stephanie Dowrick |
| ISBN | 1585426865 |
From the #1 creativity publisher in the country comes our latest creativity bestseller?Creative Journal Writing? the ultimate book for those who are looking to use this powerful tool to heal, expand, and transform their lives.
In this exceptionally positive and encouraging book, Stephanie...
| Author | Linda Trichter Metcalf |
| ISBN | 0345438582 |
Discover the revolutionary writing practice that can transform your life!
In 1976, Linda Trichter Metcalf, then a university English professor, sat down with pen and paper and intuitively started a self-guided writing practice that helped to bring herself into focus and clarify her...
| Author | Hannah Hinchman |
| ISBN | 0393318850 |
To artist-writer-naturalist Hannah Hinchman, the blank pages of a journal are a call to awaken the soul, to celebrate being alive in the world, to get to know both the wilderness of our inmost selves and the "unpredictable and potent" natural world. In the richly illustrated pages of this book, she unfolds...
| Author | Marla Paul |
| ISBN | 1594861579 |
As seen in "Self, Fitness, Real Simple, Health, Ladies' Home Journal," and "Redbook, " this much-praised celebration of women's friendships-now in paperback-explores the keys to forming emotionally supportive and sustaining connections at every stage in life.
Embraced by some of the most...
How We Age: A Doctor's Journey Into the Heart of Growing Old
| Author | Marc Agronin |
| ISBN | 0306818531 |
In the tradition of Atul Gawande and Sherwin Nuland, Marc Agronin writes luminously and unforgettably of life as he sees it as a doctor. His beat is a nursing home in Miami that some would dismiss as “God’s waiting room.” Nothing in the young doctor’s medical training had quite prepared him for...
The 10 Women You'll Be Before You're 35
| Author | Alison James |
| ISBN | 1593372779 |
Everyone - from your mother to your boyfriend - is always telling you who you are and who you should be. But who are you, really, and who do you really want to be? New Graduate; Dollarless Diva; Worker Bee; Party Girl; Body-Conscious Babe; Chameleon; Crisis Chick; Ms. Independence; Wirl (half woman/half...
How to Change Anybody: Proven Techniques to Reshape Anyone's Attitude, Behavior, Feelings, or Beliefs
I read a book from David Liberman when I was a child and the lessons included have sticked to my mind ever since. So sticky that when I stumble upon the theories and studies regarding the roots of the techniques he advocated, they sparks a delicate joy within me.
AlthoughI might not be a fan of the...
The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language
| Author | Natalie Goldberg |
| ISBN | 1451641265 |
Sit. Walk. Write. These are the barest bones of Natalie Goldberg’s revolutionary writing and life practice, which she presents here in book form for the first time. A whole new slant on writing that she developed since the publication of her classic Writing Down the Bones, True Secret workshops have...
The Triple Bind: Saving Our Teenage Girls from Today's Pressures
| Author | Stephen P. Hinshaw |
| ISBN | 0345503996 |
The Triple Bind that girls face today:
• Act sweet and nice
• Be a star athlete and get straight A's
• Seem sexy and hot even if you're not
In many ways, today is the best time in history to be a girl: Opportunities for a girl's success are as unlimited as her dreams. Yet societal...
The People Code: It's All About Your Innate Motive
| Author | Taylor Hartman |
| ISBN | 1416542302 |
In his life-changing book, Dr. Taylor Hartman introduces you to the People Code and why people do what they do. The concept of Motive is a fresh method for analyzing your own innate personality as well as that of those around you. You then have the ability to utilize that knowledge to improve workplace...
