"The Stories We Tell Ourselves" — Personal Writing for Technical Communicators  

Inside each of us live the stories we tell ourselves, things we say to ourself about ourself in our private moments. These stories create a world that, if seen more clearly, can nourish all the other worlds we live in. Practice in personal writing, sharing the result, and reflecting on the experience can bring three kinds of benefits: professional, by integrating more of our creative selves into our work lives; psychological, by giving expression to previously unacknowledged memories, desires, losses, and triumphs; and emotional, through learning to negotiate among available stones in the creation of our own.

Keene, Michael L., Diane S. Whitmer and Chuck M. Anderson. STC Proceedings (1996). Articles>Writing>Emotions