Confession is Good for the Soul: 7 Ways to Stimulate Confessional Writing

Confessional writing is a way of expressing sentiments to help make sense of life’s events and circumstances. The writer usually shares a secret through journal writing, a letter, a poem, an essay, or a whole book. Combined with talk therapy, it can be a way to heal our soul.

Some of the most powerful confessional writing happens when a writer is prompted to dive deep below the surface, and look beyond the obvious. How can this type of writing be stimulated? Possible prompts include: thinking about what you obsess over, thinking of someone that you want to thank or that makes you angry, or thinking of something you want to apologize for.

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