Unjournaling: Daily Writing Exercises That Are Not Personal, Not Introspective, Not Boring! - Softcover

DiPrince, Dawn; Miller Thurston, Cheryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1877673706 ISBN 13: 9781877673702

Publisher: Prufrock Press, 2006

Synopsis

Some people just don't want to share intimate details about their thoughts, feelings and lives―at least not with others in a class or group. That's where Unjournaling comes in. All the writing prompts in this book are entirely impersonal but completely engaging―for both kids and adults. Just a couple of examples of the 200 writing prompts on widely varied topics: Write a paragraph about a girl named Dot, but use no letters with a dot (in other words, no i or j). Why on earth would Yankee Doodle stick a feather in his cap and call it "macaroni"? Come up with a plausible explanation.

The book includes sample responses to all of the questions―a helpful tool for anyone who gets stuck with a topic and wants to see that it can be done!

About this title

About the Author:

Dawn DiPrince loves to teach writing. She has helped many people, from age 7 to 87, to become writers. She has taught poetry, journalism and other writing to middle school students at a local after-school program.

Cheryl Miller Thurston is the president, founder and editor of Cottonwood Press, Inc., which she started in 1986 with a $2000 loan from a friend. Before that she was an English teacher for 13 years, grades seven through university level.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prufrock Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1877673706
• ISBN 13: 9781877673702
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 108