Many novice writers think of the term revision as a process where they fix errors and “clean up” their work. But expert writers know that revision is a way to envision your work again. In her book Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg advises writers to “[s]ee revision as envisioning again. If there are areas … [Read more…]
In class we met in small groups to answer the question: How does narrative contribute to healing? Here are some of the ideas we came up with. As we talk more about this, we can add more ideas to our list. -When the health care practitioner listens to the whole illness narrative, he/she can connect … [Read more…]
As we read in Arthur Frank’s book, The Wounded Storyteller: Body, Illness, and Ethics, telling stories for the ill is a way to rewrite the map of their lives. It is also a way to create a new version of the self. Yet illness stories can be uncomfortable and prone to interruption because of our … [Read more…]
