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Hearing Your Own Voice
One of the secrets for making your journal writing more satisfying
is to move beyond writing mere descriptions of events and emotional purging entries. Both
of these types of entries are important as you process the events and issues in your life,
and both have a place in your journal. But when all of your entries fall into these two
categories, it is like always eating the same two meals--it gets a little boring in the
long run.
The most powerful journal writing technique I use is dialog
writing. With this type of entry, you write out a conversation. Each dialog starts with a
question. The question can be directed at another person in your life, a part of your
body, your angel guides, your higher self, or God. You write out your words and then write
out the response you hear in your head. I label my words as A: in the margin, and the
responses I label as B:. This way, I dont worry so much about who is talking.
It lets me focus on the information that is being exchanged.
This exercise consists of four parts:
Dialog Example:
From my own journal
Who Is Talking?:
The other voice
Suggestions:
Things that work well for me
Personal note:
About my experience
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