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| Story ID: | 922 |
| Written by: | Carol J Garriott (bio, link, contact, other stories) |
| Organization: | home/retired |
| Story type: | OurEcho Community |
| Location: | Seadrift Texas USA |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Person: | Susan Wittig Albert |
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I would like to share with you a book I have found fascinating and very helpful with my writing. It’s titled "Writing from Life: Telling Your Soul’s Story" by Susan Wittig Albert, and subtitled "A Journey of Self-Discovery for Women." It was published in 1996 and reprinted in 2004. On the back cover it is described as "a guided writing program that will empower any woman to pick up a pen and chart the geography of her unique and fascinating life. Maintaining a profound respect for each woman’s personal narrative, author Susan Wittig Albert leads us inward, inspiring us to tell our own soul’s story chapter by chapter." This small 233-page book has exercises and examples from women’s writings, and invites us to put into words the parts of our life that often leave us speechless, the ups and downs of our lives, and the lives of those we love and encounter. We are shown how to get started by simply putting down random words, and working from there. Sort of letting the fingers lead the way, and seeing what develops. Thanks to modern technology, you can always go back, rewrite, fix, edit. If you have ever thought your life was not interesting enough to put into words, please take note. We are, every one of us, one-of-a-kind, incomparable. We look out on the world with our eyes, and see the world through our eyes, as no one else on earth can. This writer, quoted on page 4, has put it well: "Each time I write, each time the authentic words break through, I am changed. . . . I follow the sound of the words, and I am surprised and transformed by what I record."--Susan Griffin. And so we are. I look forward to seeing you surprised and transformed as well. |
