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Technical Writing
Technical writing requires not only a knowledge of the subject, but also
a level of creativity, of ingenuity with words that keeps the work concise
and clear. The Intensive Journal method can help a writer crystallize
an idea and move it through the various stages until completion. The method
clarifies intent of both the writer and the work, facilitating its execution
and conclusion. The Intensive Journal method accesses an inner flow
of creativity that can break down writer’s block and help create works that
are both straightforward and significant.
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"As the managing editor of a leading scientific journal
and as an author’s editor, I have spent my professional life working with
writers; I am also a writer of fiction and poetry, so I am aware that many
writers from time to time feel blocked with a writing project. I have found
the Progoff Intensive Journal method to be an invaluable tool for any
writer, whether the writing to be done is technical or scientific or of a
more creative nature, by giving the writer access at any time to the
creative inner resources from which all writing comes.
Of particular value is the Dialogue with Works, in which
one is able to use a specific technique to engage in a Dialogue with the
writing project in question, allowing it to speak of its focus and intention
and purpose. While ultimately, scientific or technical protocols shape the
content and expression of the ideas, the Dialogue process, in my experience,
invariable serves to move the writer past the block, and back into the fluid
writing process that is necessary to carry the writing project to
completion. I can think of no more powerful or dependably useful tool for a
writer than the Intensive Journal method. I recommend it to all my
colleagues and clients."
-Carolyn Kelley Williams
Managing Editor, International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Senior Editor of Publications, Northwestern University Medical School |
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