Dr Gillie Bolton has worked in reflective and therapeutic writing for personal and professional development for twenty-eight years, and has written and edited nine books, one of which will shortly be in its fourth edition. A grandmother of three, she lives in Bloomsbury, London, and Hope Valley, Derbyshire.

• Preface. 1. The Writer's Key, An Introduction. 2. Beginning. 3. The Journal: An Everyday Ally. 4. Place, People, Things. 5. Tell Me a Story. 6. Poetry. 7. Pictures in the Mind: images. 8. Letters. 9. Conversation with Myself. 10. Mentors and Terrorists. 11. Dreams. 12. Once upon a Time… 13. Opening Doors. 14. Ever After.

her practical and stimulating style not only carries the reader along on an enthusiastic journey, byt her adroit use of examples and exercises (particularly the WRITE section at the end of each chapter) positivel encourages active participation.

Dr Gillie Bolton has worked in reflective and therapeutic writing for personal and professional development for twenty-eight years, and has written and edited nine books, one of which will shortly be in its fourth edition. A grandmother of three, she lives in Bloomsbury, London, and Hope Valley, Derbyshire.

• Preface. 1. The Writer's Key, An Introduction. 2. Beginning. 3. The Journal: An Everyday Ally. 4. Place, People, Things. 5. Tell Me a Story. 6. Poetry. 7. Pictures in the Mind: images. 8. Letters. 9. Conversation with Myself. 10. Mentors and Terrorists. 11. Dreams. 12. Once upon a Time… 13. Opening Doors. 14. Ever After.

her practical and stimulating style not only carries the reader along on an enthusiastic journey, byt her adroit use of examples and exercises (particularly the WRITE section at the end of each chapter) positivel encourages active participation.

Dr Gillie Bolton has worked in reflective and therapeutic writing for personal and professional development for twenty-eight years, and has written and edited nine books, one of which will shortly be in its fourth edition. A grandmother of three, she lives in Bloomsbury, London, and Hope Valley, Derbyshire.

• Preface. 1. The Writer's Key, An Introduction. 2. Beginning. 3. The Journal: An Everyday Ally. 4. Place, People, Things. 5. Tell Me a Story. 6. Poetry. 7. Pictures in the Mind: images. 8. Letters. 9. Conversation with Myself. 10. Mentors and Terrorists. 11. Dreams. 12. Once upon a Time… 13. Opening Doors. 14. Ever After.

her practical and stimulating style not only carries the reader along on an enthusiastic journey, byt her adroit use of examples and exercises (particularly the WRITE section at the end of each chapter) positivel encourages active participation.