Episode 122: Sharing Personal Stories

Notes:

The Verbivore talks about using free writing as part of her journaling practice - both on a regular basis and also as a coping strategy when she’s emotionally or physically triggered by something. Here are a couple articles that talk about how this practice could look:

Freewriting | The Writing Process - MIT GSL Class

Journal Writing Tips: The Benefits of Freewriting

What Does It Mean to Be “Triggered?”

Fable mentions that one year she participated in the The100DayProject by writing a vignette about something she experienced in the day, writing it as she would a story. This is an initiative where every year, thousands of people all around the world commit to 100 days of creating. If you’re interested in participating in 2022, it starts on February 13, 2022.

Books & Movies Mentioned:

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

Dusk, Night, Dawn: On Revival and Courage by Anne Lamott

Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters by Annie Dillard

Music from: https://filmmusic.io
’Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)