Put Your Heart on Paper: Staying Connected In A Loose-Ends World - Softcover

Klauser, Henriette Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 055337446X ISBN 13: 9780553374469

Publisher: Bantam, 1995

Synopsis

Put Your Heart On Paper is filled with the inspiring true stories of what happens when people write from their hearts: the shared insights, the new beginnings, the dreams that miraculously come true. In 50 provocative short chapters, acclaimed author Henriette Klauser shows the power of the written word in everyday life -- bringing together parents and children, strengthening personal bonds, mending hurt feelings, solving problems, sharing joys, preserving family history -- and offers tools and tips to get you started right away. Putting your heart on paper does not require special talent, a lot of time or training. All you need is a willingness to be yourself and to be open with others. Nauser's energizing examples show how to get going and keep going past the fear and doubt -- and offer dozens of ideas to try. From a note tucked in a lunchbox to an interactive journal, from love letters to apologies to a three-minute poem, Put Your Heart On Paper shows us how to find a direct line from our deepest thoughts to another's heart.

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From Publishers Weekly

Both practical and pleasurable, this latest by the author of Writing on Both Sides of the Brain offers writers and nonwriters alike writing exercises for getting and staying connected with the people in their lives?family, friends, themselves and even strangers. Drawing in large part on her own experiences, Klauser uses anecdotes?many quite moving and inspiring?to illustrate the uses and explain the origins of her suggested writing projects. The volume works well as a source book; its copious exercises and examples make it one of the best available. Klauser describes this as "not a 'how-to' book but a 'why bother' book." In keeping with this philosophy, most of the exercises are easily adaptable to different settings, such as classrooms or therapy sessions, where "why bother" is always a lively question. At the same time, the exercises provide sufficient structure, encouragement and impetus for hesitant writers. In her reflective segues, she explores the differences between writing and speaking, times when writing serves better than conversing, and ways in which writing connects not only people, but past and future to the present moment. Klauser is clearly comfortable writing about writing, and idealistic about its personal, interpersonal and community-wide benefits.
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Review

Use the written word to build relationships and heal wounds in an excellent guide to keeping interactive journals, diaries, and written communications. Writing can provide continuity and connections between generations: Klauser’s promotes maintaining this continuity, telling how to write more effectively. -- Midwest Book Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 055337446X
• ISBN 13: 9780553374469
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336