- Paperback: 64 pages
- Publisher: Ancestry.com (Aug 1 1985)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0916489612
- ISBN-13: 978-0916489618
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.9 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 145 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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#78,122 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #12 in Books > Health, Mind & Body > Self-Help > Journal Writing
- #33 in Books > Reference > Genealogy
- #81 in Books > Reference > Publishing & Books > Authorship
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In this unique work, author Joan R. Neubauer takes you on an exploration of the art and craft of writing a creative journal. Dear Diary provides tips and person experiences for helping to make your priceless person life story into an interesting and invaluable book. You will learn the history and philosophy behind the art, as well as the mechanics, abstracts, and many other additional insights. Dear Diary is the perfect book to help make your writing more enjoyable and enhance the quality of your journal.
About the Author
Neubauer is a freelance writer and a featured speaker at writers' conferences. She teaches courses on journal writing and other types of writing from her base in Georgetown, Texas.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Generalizations and Common Sense,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dear Diary: The Art and Craft of Writing a Creative Journal (Paperback)
are about all that this book has to offer. I found that it was full of suggestions like 'get a really nice pen to write your journal with.' I was hoping to learn more about the actual mechanics of writing a journal entry. Other books I have read recently suggest starting simple with a record of the daily weather, or a record of the people you met during the day. Then you slowly start increasing the details that you write on a daily basis. In contrast to this type of concrete suggestion, "Dear Diary" offers far too many generalizations to be truly helpful.
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A helpful and inspriational book.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dear Diary: The Art and Craft of Writing a Creative Journal (Paperback)
I found this book to be just the thing I needed to get started writing the journal I always wanted to keep. The author has shown me not only the how and why of journal keeping, but the many benefits to be derived from journals. In the first week, I began seeing some of the benefits in my own life. I recommend this book to all!!!!!!
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2.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A helpful and inspriational book.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dear Diary: The Art and Craft of Writing a Creative Journal (Paperback)
I found this book to be just the thing I needed to get started writing the journal I always wanted to keep. The author has shown me not only the how and why of journal keeping, but the many benefits to be derived from journals. In the first week, I began seeing some of the benefits in my own life. I recommend this book to all!!!!!!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Generalizations and Common Sense,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dear Diary: The Art and Craft of Writing a Creative Journal (Paperback)
are about all that this book has to offer. I found that it was full of suggestions like 'get a really nice pen to write your journal with.' I was hoping to learn more about the actual mechanics of writing a journal entry. Other books I have read recently suggest starting simple with a record of the daily weather, or a record of the people you met during the day. Then you slowly start increasing the details that you write on a daily basis. In contrast to this type of concrete suggestion, "Dear Diary" offers far too many generalizations to be truly helpful.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Save Your Money,
By Mike Donovan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dear Diary: The Art and Craft of Writing a Creative Journal (Paperback)
How else can I say it? This was a very poor book. To call it a "book" is being generous as it's really the size of a large brochure with A LOT of white space. There are many ideas that are so basic as to be insulting even to beginning journalers. When she tries to venture out - she's (in my opinion) wrong on a lot of things. For example, she seems big on rules for keeping a diary/journal, (writing at the same place every time you write, write at the same time each day, list events, do this and try not to do that). She even names what she calls the three PURPOSES of a journal. (There's only three?) She says the number one purpose in keeping a journal is to pass it along as a legacy for future family readers. You mean, it's not about expressing yourself on paper - for better or worse - but about keeping a record for future generations? To her, the legacy aspect is the #1 purpose in keeping a journal. Huh?
This is a "creative journal?" Most would agree a "creative journal," would have few, if any, rules and would have future readers far from the mind. Most would probably also think of a "creative journal," as being a constant companion; not something where you write a listing of events at the same time and in the same place each day. One other quick note: the book's "bibliography" lists nothing more than articles from magazines like American Heritage, Cosmopolitan, etc. Not a single book about historical journals, a single book about creative journals; in fact, I meant that literally - not a single book is listed - only magazine articles! I could go on with more examples, but I hope you get the idea. There are FAR better books for even the most virgin of diarists/journalers. |
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