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Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 11:52:06 AM   
mystique2003


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Status: offline 		To the subs and slaves here that write journals.  What do you continue to write about when you have been with your Master for several years and think there is nothing else you could possibly write about that he does not already know about you?  You can only write so much about your personal vanilla side of life .. can't you?

  Thanks for any help and suggestions. :)
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RE: Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 12:03:15 PM   
raiken


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Status: offline 		One thing would be to find something new to think about, pick for a hobby, or some new discipline of information and study, perhaps that you haven't examined on a deeper level, etc. Then you can add something new to share and write about.  Just a thought. *smile

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RE: Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 12:12:33 PM   
ownedgirlie


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Status: offline 		I write about my thoughts and feelings on that particular day.  What occurred in my world, and how did it affect me, and did it cause me to think of him?  If so, how and in what regard?  Did something annoy me today?  Please me?  Excite me?  Stump me?  Intrigue me?  Surely you experience life on every given day.  What I write in my journals to him is how I experience it.  Maybe I don't learn something new every day, but typically as days, weeks, months, years go by, I am more and more in touch with myself as a result of such reflection, and so is he.  I come to know and understand how I am affected by different things, so when he asks me, "Why did you think such and such?" or "Why did such and such make you (happy, sad, angry, etc.)?"  I immediately know the answer, and we can discuss it.

We grow constantly.  Journaling is taking our partner on that journey with us.

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RE: Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 12:28:27 PM   
juliaoceania


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Status: offline 		Perhaps it might be a good idea for you to read what you wrote when you first started your journal? Maybe it is time to revel in your own personal growth? I would go back to the beginning and make that self discovery of where I have been and maybe that will enrich you and also help illuminate where you may want to go?

I would find that the most exciting part of journaling after I had done it for years... going back to the beginning and comparing it to where I am today

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RE: Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 12:44:49 PM   
KatyLied


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Status: offline 		There are some things my Dom asks me to review from time to time.  Also, I sometimes use threads and/or posts here as starting points, something that speaks to me, or when someone might mention something I'm struggling with.

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RE: Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 1:14:52 PM   
juliaoceania


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Status: offline 		When my last relationship ended, I did something my best friend suggest to me... I wrote a list of what my next man would be as if I was creating him... by chance I opened it up and read it the other day when I was looking for another word file... wow... it was as if I had created my Daddy with that list.. there was only one thing that I wrote I wanted that he does not have and that is a love of antiques..smiles. I can live with that!

I was just thinking about how journaling can be a powerful creative force in the life of a submissive, creating what reality a person would like to inhabit within themselves. If we cannot give voice to our heartfelt desires how can they become reality?

I am starting my journal tonight!

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RE: Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 1:20:00 PM   
KatyLied


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Status: offline 		My Dom had had me make various lists for my journal.  Things that are good about me.  Things I value in a relationship.  Things I want to work on personally.  There are so many ways to go.  And sometimes for me, journaling is a stream of consciousness outlet.  I have found journaling helpful when I need to process things that are difficult, whether it's my reactions to things, family issues, issues with difficulty in submitting.  

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RE: Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 6:22:45 PM   
MasterFireMaam


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Status: offline 		My girl prefers a scrapbook approach.

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RE: Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 6:49:11 PM   
KatyLied


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quote:

My girl prefers a scrapbook approach.


Sounds cool to me.  It's another way of holding pieces of our lives.


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RE: Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 8:49:12 PM   
champagnewishes


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Status: offline 		I agree with julia...  A bit of reflection on where you were as opposed to where you are is warranted.  Have you progressed as you had hoped?  If not, why...what has changed?  Is there something you had aspired to back then that wasn't accomplished?  In other words, take an inventory of the past few years.
 
I also like to provide insight when I journal.  I may find an inspirational quote and reflect how it does or doesn’t apply to the way I think.  I also take theories and extend them beyond their application.  Im currently over thinking Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion and how it can be applied to human interaction….ok I can be strange…lol
 
I guess what it boils down to is don’t limit yourself when you write…and never write just to write what you think someone else wants to read.



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RE: Writers block and journals - 9/30/2006 11:54:13 PM   
lilyophelia


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Status: offline 		You know, i've kept a journal, online, for the last five years. At different times, i've not written for a month or two, but those have been the times when i haven't been able to. i think, the best kind of journal, is the kind without expectations, especially after a while. Just write whatever comes to mind, whatever you feel, or whatever. i love Depeche Mode right now, or i seriously crave ice cream, or i'm in the middle of an emotional crisis. Whatever it is, just ramble, and don't worry about being pretty or anything else.

i learned, in art school, about what makes a journal work (as opposed to a book with two entries over three years). Jot down everything. When i was sketching constantly, my grocery lists would go down next to drawing, and i would just doodle or write silly things or take notes from books or copy over things that i liked. Just, put anything important in it.

If you'd like to check my own journal, for my approach, it's located at http://lilyophelia.livejournal.com/

Good luck, btw ^^

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RE: Writers block and journals - 10/1/2006 7:34:28 AM   
behindmirrors


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Status: offline 		I write about anything that comes to mind- things I saw during the day, how I'm feeling, my experiences, sometimes the past...it doesn't matter. I take a combination of the scrapbook approach and the written journal approach- I don't always journal in words, sometimes a collage of pictures or a drawing says much more about that moment than something written could for me. If you want to see an example of what I mean, send me a message and I'll give you a couple photos of it.

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