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Ask Our Coach: How do I ensure a sense of privacy so I can write freely in my journal?
Question: A question that comes up for me is that I need privacy to write freely. Of course the computer resolves this but I do want to write in... Read More >>
7 Helpful Tips for How to Write a Memoir from Your Journals
Are you a journal writer who also dreams of writing a memoir? I am currently in the midst of mining my journals for raw material to help me with writing... Read More >>
Online Writing Practice: Growing the Writer Within by Ruth Folit
Ruth Folit, founder of the IAJW, reflects on her past experience with participating in Online Writing Practice What is Online Writing Practice? It's an hour of time spent mid-day, with... Read More >>
Getting Started with Writing a Poem: without needing to know what you are going to say next by Sheila Bender
Do you like or want to write poetry? Maybe you want to craft a poem in the pages in your journal for the pure joy of it? Perhaps you want... Read More >>
NEW “Ask Our Coach” Feature with Joyce Chapman: How do I create a journal writing habit?
Welcome to our brand new "Ask Our Coach" feature on our IAJW blog! How does this work? Feel welcome to submit a question you have about journal or life writing... Read More >>
Thoughts & Tips for Writing Poetry by Sheila Bender
Why Write Poetry? Psychologist Rollo May wrote in his book The Courage to Create that: "…if you do not express your own original ideas, if you do not listen to... Read More >>
IAJW – Past, Present & Future – Interview with Ruth Folit & Lynda Monk
The IAJW has re-awakened, has been re-branded, and is ready to inspire and nourish journal writers everywhere. Celebrate with us and listen to Ruth Folit (Founder & past Director) and... Read More >>
The Re-Awakening of the IAJW – for journal writers everywhere!
This is very exciting time for the IAJW - International Association for Journal Writing. This journal writing community was founded many years ago by Ruth Folit. You might remember the... Read More >>
Creative Journaling: Writing Without Rules by Ruth Folit
What was it about my English teachers that was so intimidating? Was it that they expected me to write on demand about whatever subject they chose? Was it the way... Read More >>
A Journal Writing Prompt Blooms in My Garden by Ruth Folit
Many mornings I walk around my Florida yard--to see if new transplants are adapting to their new locations, checking on the potted plants that they are sufficiently moist, watering some... Read More >>