{"id":2945,"date":"2017-03-01T14:23:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T14:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepencompany.live\/blog\/?p=2945"},"modified":"2021-08-11T17:16:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T16:16:56","slug":"writers-should-keep-a-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepencompany.live\/blog\/writing\/diaries-journals\/writers-should-keep-a-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Why all writers should keep a journal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many successful writers have kept a journal \u2013 from Virginia Woolf to David Sedaris, to C.S. Lewis and Ana\u00efs Nin. Life is inspiration for all writers, and how better to process it for use in your own writing than to experience it, then write aspects of it down as a reference and inspiration for the future?<\/p>\n

Taking note of your thoughts and feelings, anecdotes from your day, events that have occurred, and conversations you have overheard are all excellent material for you to look back on. These journal notes could provide you with the seed of a story idea, the building blocks you need for a character, or an emotion you\u2019d quite like to explore further in your writing. You\u2019ll be amazed at just how inspirational and insightful your personal journal can be for your fiction or non-fiction writing.<\/p>\n

Journaling can create a positive feedback circuit between your conscious and unconscious mind, where the writing down of your thoughts and feelings piques your own interest, and fuels you to continue. It can also help to empty your mind of all other current thoughts, leaving your head clear to concentrate on your writing.<\/p>\n

Keeping a journal is the perfect way to use your own experiences and turn them into publishable material. If you\u2019ve not yet started a journal, but would like to give it a try, we’ve gathered\u00a0some tips together\u00a0to get you started.<\/p>\n

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Tips for\u00a0keeping a journal<\/h2>\n