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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 86128" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>That therapist makes sense to me. I'm also wondering if, further down the track, she hasn't maybe got some talent as a writer? If she's using her imagination and creativity to find her own way towards recovery and strength, this is good. It is also a brilliant foundation for a writing career. And in my opinion, she's not too young. I wouldn't tell her yet, though - she needs to get a better handle on herself and a better self-understanding, but maybe in a few years' time, when the need to write for therapy eases, she might like to try her hand at writing stories for children on how to cope with the darker side of childhood? Who knows? From what I've read of recent literature for children, and also read about upcoming young authors, it's not outside the realms of possibility.</p><p></p><p>If she expresses ANY interest in purely creative writing (aside from her 'book') then I would especially encourage her to not just write stuff down, but to go back and polish it, maybe with the help of a writing mentor. Learning to edit is the most valuable part of learning to write. It's also something our kids are generally not taught to do.</p><p></p><p>But she shouldn't edit her own journal. THAT needs to be allowed to flow, as it is doing. Only edit pure fiction that she has worked on as pure fiction. It doesn't matter if it resembles her therapeutic stuff, that's OK. But she needs to see it as apart.</p><p></p><p>Also, at 13, the defiance is typical teen as well. Add in everything else she has been dealing with and I suspect her teen years will be turbulent for you. You may have to change tack a bit.</p><p></p><p>But all in all, this sounds like good news. About time!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 86128, member: 1991"] That therapist makes sense to me. I'm also wondering if, further down the track, she hasn't maybe got some talent as a writer? If she's using her imagination and creativity to find her own way towards recovery and strength, this is good. It is also a brilliant foundation for a writing career. And in my opinion, she's not too young. I wouldn't tell her yet, though - she needs to get a better handle on herself and a better self-understanding, but maybe in a few years' time, when the need to write for therapy eases, she might like to try her hand at writing stories for children on how to cope with the darker side of childhood? Who knows? From what I've read of recent literature for children, and also read about upcoming young authors, it's not outside the realms of possibility. If she expresses ANY interest in purely creative writing (aside from her 'book') then I would especially encourage her to not just write stuff down, but to go back and polish it, maybe with the help of a writing mentor. Learning to edit is the most valuable part of learning to write. It's also something our kids are generally not taught to do. But she shouldn't edit her own journal. THAT needs to be allowed to flow, as it is doing. Only edit pure fiction that she has worked on as pure fiction. It doesn't matter if it resembles her therapeutic stuff, that's OK. But she needs to see it as apart. Also, at 13, the defiance is typical teen as well. Add in everything else she has been dealing with and I suspect her teen years will be turbulent for you. You may have to change tack a bit. But all in all, this sounds like good news. About time! Marg [/QUOTE]
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