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Just Write! Keeping a Journal

Course Code: DED206
School: Distance-Education.org

Course Materials Available: 5 Days Estimated Hours to Complete Course: 24

Description

This course provides opportunities for participants to grow through regular journal writing. Identify and develop your personal

journal style. Keep a record of your life. Learn skills that produce a rewarding journaling experience. The class provides a varied assortment of resources and strategies that will enrich your journal. Participants will learn motivational techniques for journal writing. Inspirational tips will provide knowledge necessary to keep writing. Exercises will expand your journal experience.

Hint: Start writing today, before the first class. To begin a first journal, use an inexpensive spiral-bound notebook. There is no wrong or right way to journal. Just begin to write!


Outcomes

  • Keep an accurate, indexed log of life events.
  • Identify and develop a personal journal style.
  • Expand writing skills. Experience personal growth through journal writing.
  • Develop a support network and resources on journaling.


Assessment

Journal entries will remain private; at no time will the class or instructor see your journal entries. Therefore, assessments are based on short written weekly and daily assignments. Several exercises will be provided from which the student may choose. Completion of writing exercises and a written growth log are the main components of class assessment.


I'd Like To Enroll In This Course   $210.00

Instructor

Alison (Katherine) Dubois has earned a number of writing related degrees, in areas such as: creative writing, Literature, and Journalism, and is the recipient of four national poetry awards. Dubois has also worked as a reporter for nearly a dozen newspapers and been a freelance writer for over two decades, and teaches a number of online courses, including topic such as: Freelance Writing, Journal Writing, and Non-Fictional Writing.