How Journaling Can Get You Unstuck AND Help You Write Your Book

Yes, it’s true, journaling can help you get unstuck AND help you write your book. In this video, Jacob shares his personal story with his journaling practice and how it shifted so much in his life, and acted as the creative catalyst to wake him up to the creative life that was waiting for him. Lauren talks about how some of her clients have used actual journal entries to write their memoir, and why this works and results in a story that connects deeply with readers. Jacob and Lauren also discuss how they’ll be including writing strategies just like this in Heal + Create, their new writer’s community. The Heal + Create Writer’s Community Kickoff Retreat is happening May 21 and May 22. It’s a weekend full of writing workshops taught by Jacob and Lauren (including specific strategies on how to heal from past creative trauma and how to begin to work with intuitive writing and memoir), with special guests Julia Cameron and Anna-Marie O’Brien. If you are a writer who has had a journaling practice for years, or has just recently been thinking about starting a regular journaling practice, this weekend retreat is for you. If you’ve been dreaming about writing a memoir for years, or you know you have a book inside you waiting to be born, but you just don’t quite yet know how to birth this work into the world, this program is for you. Tune in to get all the details on the Heal + Create Writer’s Community. Space is limited, so be sure to grab your spot now!

[OldGuy]

This the best guide to using journaling for writing I've ever watched. Well done!

[jbferguson]

I am a 52 year old INFP. I've journaled on and off over the last 20 years, but not resently. I have been writing on Medium for almost a year; poetry, articles, and a little fiction. I have a few unfinished and unpublished fiction pieces that I want to finish. Medium is not the best place for fiction in my experience so far. I'm interested in submitting short stories to paying publications, and eventually publishing full length novels. I'm also interested in freelance writing.

[tearstoneactual]

I always feel called toward these things. I feel pulled. I'm getting a yes. My wallet and bank account are giving a HARD no.