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550+ Journal Prompts: The Ultimate List
https://dayoneapp.com/blog/journal-prompts/
Just what it says, divided into a number of useful categories.

Can You Tell Your Own True Story Even If It Impinges on the Privacy of Your Lovers, Friends, and Family?
http://www.rightsofwriters.com/2011/01/can-you-tell-your-own-true-story-even.html

A Guide to Journaling for Writers
https://www.writingforward.com/creative-writing/journal-writing
A long and detailed look at the benefits of journaling for writers.

How to Keep a Writing Journal You Won't Neglect
https://www.autocrit.com/blog/writing-journal/

How to Sell an Essay or Article: 21 Tips for Writing a Winning Cover Letter
https://www.writersdigest.com/getting-published/how-to-sell-an-essay-writing-a-cover-letter

How to Write a Memoir: Examples and a Step-by-Step Guide
https://writers.com/how-to-write-a-memoir

Peering at Privacy in Creative Nonfiction
https://www.awpwriter.org/magazine_media/writers_chronicle_view/2019/peering_at_privacy_in_creative_nonfiction

Publish Your Personal Essay: 22 Magazines and Websites
https://thewritelife.com/personal-essay/

Three Important Privacy Issues in Memoir
https://www.writersdigest.com/general/3-important-privacy-issues-in-memoir

The Twenty Top Tips for Writing Memoir
https://marionroach.com/twenty-top-tips-for-writing-memoir/
Click on the highlighted title of each tip in this introductory section to be taken to a complete article on that particular topic - this is practically an entire book online!

A Writer's Guide to Defamation and Invasion of Privacy
https://www.writersdigest.com/publishing-faqs/defamation-and-invasion
Primarily addressing memoir, this article discusses the balance between telling your story and invading the privacy of others.

WriteMyMemoirs.com
https://writemymemoirs.com/
A free site to help users write their autobiography or memoirs.

Write Personal Essays and Get Paid: 16 Markets for Freelancers
https://makealivingwriting.com/get-paid-to-write-personal-essays/

WritingItReal
https://writingitreal.com/
Focusing on personal writing, including essays, poetry and journaling. Offers regular writing tips and exercises and a newsletter (by paid subscription).

Writing Life Stories for the Inspirational or Religious Markets
https://www.writerswrite.com/journal/writing-life-stories-9995

Writing to Heal, Writing to Grow
https://www.writingtoheal.com/
This site focuses on therapeutic memoir-writing, journaling and essay-writing; it also features an extensive list of markets for personal essays.

Your Visual Journal
https://yourvisualjournal.com/
An interesting site on journaling, including a list of 301+ Journal Prompts for Freedom and Insight.
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