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WRITING for HEALTH & HEALING /Writing, online writing, effects on development and health. Doctors, nurses and other health practitioners have learned over several decades that creative expression, especially writing, can play a vital role in health and healing. "the act of writing itself can be a healthy practice" according to David Watts of Dominican University in California. "there's a whole body of work that shows that writing stories...especially about significant life events [can]have a salutary effect on ...personal health and well being." Memoir writing, "journaling", dream-recording may promote feelings of well-being and even stimulate healthy biological/physiological response.

Women writers:Women recording stories of their lives whether in letters, diaries or as dictated to a "scribe" in early modern eras are said to be "writing their lives." Might we also say writing FOR their lives? "Coming of Age Online: The Developmental Underpinnings of Girls' Blogs" describes a study on the relationship between developmental stages and online behavior in a group of 20 adoloescent girls. {{cite journal|last=Davis|first=Katie|title=Coming of Age Online: