More specifically, the facts of whatever story you’re writing, your thoughts about those facts, and then your feelings about those thoughts.

Expressive writing is the act of sharing your deepest thoughts and feelings about a subject on the page.

Facts: What are the facts of what happened?

I talk to people all the time who want to write their story, or even to write a book, but most of them don’t end up doing it. What they need in order to get started is simple: a little bit of direction, a lot of inspiration, and a reminder that they are the writer they know themselves to be! This book provides

It’s easier to treat writing as a low-stakes side hobby, when the reality is that writing requires us to get up-close, personal, and gut-level honest about how we are living our lives.

The value of “write now, edit later” isn’t just that you’ll get more words down on paper, it’s that you’ll have more fun in both your writing and your life.

Where his life experience didn’t match his old way of thinking, there were holes in his outline. His life story didn’t answer the questions the way his words did.

Writing is not some elite activity reserved for the uniquely gifted. Writing is communication, self-discovery, creativity, spirituality, and self-expression. Writing is the essential tool we use to find and practice our sense of voice. Writing is a distinctly human impulse. Why on earth should you be excluded from the practice?

where you feel stuck in your writing, you’re not really stuck in your writing. You’re stuck in your life. When you don’t know what words to put on the page, it is almost always because you don’t know what to do in your life. When you aren’t sure what words to use, it’s almost always because there is something you want to say or do that you feel you