What is a Writers Notebook?
A writer’s
notebook is not a diary! Writers react. Writers need a place to record these
reactions. That’s what a writer’s notebook is for. It gives you a place to
write down what makes you angry or sad or amazed, to write down what you
noticed and don’t want to forget. A writer’s notebook gives you a place to live
like a writer.
Requirements:
- · Your writers notebook will be collected once a month.
- · 15-20 entries per submission
- · Entries may come from suggestions below or you can go on my blog and choose from a writing prompt.
If you choose a prompt be sure to write the prompt before you begin writing.
**Remember you may use any prompt. You are not limited to only use the prompt for the week**
Notebook
Checklist:
- Keep your notebook with you at all times.
- Date every entry.
- Do not skip pages.
- Number the pages.
- Write daily.
- Vary your topics.
- Care for your notebook.
- Make sure there is evidence of what you’re learning in your notebook.
Ideas for
your notebook:
Unforgettable
stories:
·
What
moves you?
·
Whenever
you hear a story that stirs something inside of you, take out your notebook and
write!
·
Look
for stories that inspire, fascinate, and fill you with wonder.
·
What
stories keep tumbling through your mind even when you try not to think of them?
Fierce
wonderings:
·
Pay
attention to what images or memories keep running around in your mind even when
you try not to think about them.
·
What
do you wonder about?
·
Explore
these questions in your notebook.
Dreams
·
Get
into the habit of writing down dreams before they leave you.
·
Your
notebook can work as an alarm clock to remind you to wake up and pay attention
to what’s happening in your world, both inside and out.
Memories:
·
Memories
just may be the most important possession any writer has.
·
Our
memories shape what we write. As a writer, you need to connect yourself with
your own unique history.
·
When
you explore memories in your writing, pay attention to the feelings connected
to it.
·
Exploring
a memory includes looking into not only what happened but also how it affected
you then, and how it affects you now.
Writing that
inspires:
·
The
notebook can work as a scrapbook to collect important relics from your life.
·
You
can also use your notebook as a different sort of scrapbook, a place to gather
writing that inspires you.
Use your notebook as a container to hold all the
beautiful writing you collect