| Description |
xi, 244 pages ; 18 cm |
| Contents |
Why we write -- The writer's three priorities -- The attributes of spiritual memoir -- Memoir's small frame -- Getting started -- Inevitable resistance -- Who cares? : audience and ego -- Developing freedom on the page -- Developing the writing habit -- Memory, imagination, and faith -- The role of the imagination -- The role of faith -- Organizing your memories -- Describing the indescribable -- Epiphany -- Symbols and metaphors -- Childhood -- Tense and point of view -- Primary faith experiences -- Childhood trauma -- The body -- Teachers -- Journeys -- The setting -- The natural world -- Sacred spaces -- Suffering -- The numinous -- Dreams -- Visions -- Resistance -- The power of showing, the power of telling -- Details -- When telling works -- Summaries -- Writing praise -- Finding a structure for your story -- Revision -- The back burner -- A writer's journal -- Read the draft for clues -- Mapping the story -- How much detail? -- Feedback -- The audience -- Final touches -- When to stop revising -- Learning to read as a writer -- Putting it out there -- The writer's journey -- The story's journey -- Writing practice, spiritual practice./ñı |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) |
| Subject |
Spiritual journals -- Authorship.
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Spiritual biography -- Authorship.
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Autobiography -- Authorship.
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| LC no. |
2004019778 |
| ISBN |
1558964711 alkaline paper |
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1558964703 alkaline paper |
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