Shai tagged me the other week to the 123 Book Tag, so this entry is my response.

Here’s the deal:

1.Pick up the nearest book of at least 123 pages.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

I’ve use the book The New Diary by Tristine Rainer.

“With self-affirmation you can feel complete, fulfilled, and loved when entirely alone. Envy – wanting what another person has – and jealousy – fear of losing another’s exclusive devotion – seem to be two of the most difficult emotions to deal with because they focus your energy outside yourself rather than in yourself. However, the diary can help you bring your energy home.”

And I’m going to tag:
Elizabeth
Susan
Peggy
Anna
Marye

Feel free to use this one, too, if you like, and write about it in your blog.

Heather

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Shai’s 123 Book Tag

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Revisiting Catharsis

Well, if I could find a way to get there, I wouldn’t miss this one. Please share if you do plan to go. I know regular readers will be interested in your news once you’ve been to this conference, too. Please use the comments section to share anything you’d like to add about this event.

Heather
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Journal Conference

The first time I encountered this technique was in Tristine Rainer’s The New Diary, but have since seen it in many different ways in various books on journal writing and creative writing, including Ira Progoff’s At a Journal Workshop.

This technique is a great writing exercise to help you get to know your characters better. Stage an imaginary meeting or interview with them and write out the dialogue. You can write their name, their response, your name and your response or question in a continuous stream down the page. You may prefer to simply change the colour of the pen you’re writing with, representing yourself with one colour and who or whatever you’re dialoguing with in the other colour. Lucia Capacchione even suggests using your other hand to write your dialogue response in her book The Creative Journal

Dialogues are effective when you’re involved in a conflict with a co-worker, a relative or sibling in helping you understand the other person’s point-of-view. But this need not be a serious and deep session in your journal. One of my favourite online journal writers often uses this technique to dialogue with her rubber ducky. She calls him her therapist and writes light-hearted entries to brighten herself on days when she’s feeling down.

Like any technique journal writing is there for you to use. You might like to try it or not. Please share your experiences with using dialogue in your journals with us in the comments section.

Heather

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Journal Dialogue