The New Diary is the definitive text on contemporary journal writing. Originally published in 1978, it has never been out of print and remains the bestselling book on how to get the greatest psychological and creative benefits from keeping a diary. For the first time, it is available as an e-book, revised and updated to address the urgent need for profound self-guidance during this time of seclusion. Because personal journal writing is so valuable during periods of transition, the author has severely reduced the market price, making the e-book available to everyone for the duration of the shut-down. The New Diary is as much for those who already keep a journal as it is for those who have never kept one. It does not tell you the "right" way to keep a diary; rather, it offers numerous possibilities for using the diary to achieve your own purposes. It dismisses correctness in writing and judgments because you cannot do it wrong. It presents a way to know your true self intimately, to come into harmony with your values, to focus your energies, and to free your intuition and imagination. It is a workbook for exploring your nighttime and your waking dreams, your past, and your current evolution. It is for everyone seeking concrete methods for dealing with personal problems and challenges, for discovering writing as a way to grieve, for maintaining mental health, and achieving your individual brand of happiness and inner liberation. It is also for artists and writers seeking techniques for overcoming blocks to creativity and helpful companionship in developing a creative work.
Author
Tristine Rainer, Ph.D, is a pioneer in the fields of contemporary journal writing and narrative autobiography. Her book The New Diary, how to use a journal for self-guidance and expanded creativity has sold over 200,000 copies and has been used as a text in university Psychology and Occupational Therapy courses, although her degree was in English Lit. After a quarter of a century in print The New Diary will see a new, revised edition in 2004. Her book Your Life as Story, Writing the New Autobiography, published in 1997 hit the Los Angeles Times bestseller list and is presently being used as a text in many college writing programs. Rainer is the founder and director of the Center for Autobiographic Studies, a non-profit educational organization that encourages the creation and preservation of autobiographic works. A founder of UCLA’s Women’s Studies Program, Rainer was also a grad student there. She taught personal writing for 25 years through the English Departments at UCLA and at Indiana University, with her friend and mentor Anaïs Nin for International College, through the UCLA Extension Writers program, and privately as a writer's coach to a diverse array of clients, many of whom have successfully published autobiographic books with her assistance. She is currently an adjunct professor within the Masters of Professional Writing Program at USC. http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/mpw In a whole separate life, Rainer wrote and produced four award winning network movies for television based on true life stories. It was this experience of shaping stories in the trenches, she says, that gave her the key to how teach anyone to transform their own life experience into a compelling story. Copyright 2005 Center for Autobiographic Studies
