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What is Story-Truth and Happening-Truth

Chapter 4
Using Narrative Writing to Enhance Healing
Happening-truth is an objective factual account of events which occurred. Story-truth, sometimes referred to as emotional truth, is a subjective reflection of a person’s thoughts and feelings about the same event when retelling that story. Writers such as Tim O’Brien, Natalie Goldberg, and Anne Lamott believe in the power of emotional truth that enables writers to switch back and forth from objective observations to subjective emotions when sharing a story.
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Narratives of Emotional Truth
Jennifer Lynne Bird (Oxbridge Academy, USA)
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 28
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1931-8.ch004
Abstract
This narrative uses a multigenre format to discuss the writing theory of emotional truth, where writers share truth as they remember it. Factual truth focuses on facts, while emotional truth focuses on the emotions associated with a memory. The example provided uses health coaching, an addition to the medical field that encourages patients to share their stories and set goals for themselves in addition to the goals set for them by their medical team. Fictional elements combine with research in creative nonfiction.
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Chapter 6
Reflections of Emotional Truth Narratives
Happening-truth is an objective factual account of events which occurred. Story-truth, sometimes referred to as emotional truth, is a subjective reflection of a person’s thoughts and feelings about the same event when retelling that story. Writers such as Tim O’Brien, Natalie Goldberg, and Anne Lamott believe in the power of emotional truth that enables writers to switch back and forth from objective observations to subjective emotions when sharing a story.
Published in Chapter: Reflections of Emotional Truth Narratives; From: Using Narrative Writing to Enhance Healing During and After Global Health Crises
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Chapter 15
Educational Research Narratives of Healing
Happening-truth is an objective factual account of events which occurred. Story-truth, sometimes referred to as emotional truth, is a subjective reflection of a person’s thoughts and feelings about the same event when retelling that story. Writers such as Tim O’Brien, Natalie Goldberg, and Anne Lamott believe in the power of emotional truth that enables writers to switch back and forth from objective observations to subjective emotions when sharing a story.
Published in Chapter: Educational Research Narratives of Healing; From: Handbook of Research on Adult and Community Health Education: Tools, Trends, and Methodologies
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