writing – Twitchy Woman

Writing your Parkinson’s narrative

May 9, 2017

“Life is changed in an instant. The ordinary instant.” Joan Didion One thing that helped me immensely to accept my diagnosis and to understand what was happening to me was writing my story. With the encouragement of my psychologist, I sat down at my computer and started to write. And write. And write. Me –…
Why do I write?

September 7, 2015

For those of you under 45, you probably never had to write without a computer. I always hated the process of writing. When I was in high school and college, the first thing you would do is outline what you wanted to say. Then fill it out by writing, ON PAPER, whatever your assignment was.…

Writing your Parkinson’s narrative