Journaling to Become an Effective Writer
Note: This article is from my old Wordpress blog. I have since slightly modified it, and I need to get back into journaling.
In our daily lives with our busy schedules, taking time to journal, especially when we are already writers, seems like a waste of time when we could be focusing on writing our novels, short stories, or poetry. However, ever since I have resumed journaling, I have noticed the opposite. Journaling has helped me with my creative writing. But how could this be so?
Here are my three observations.
Journaling Gives me a Schedule
As writers, it can be hard to find a schedule, partly because writing is an activity that can be part time or full time. And as much as we want to be responsible adults, with flexibility comes complacency. For flexibility is power and we all know what Uncle Ben said to Peter Parker who became Spider-man. Responsibility with flexibility is hard to put into place, the two of them competing for our attention We are easily distracted creatures, prone to veg out on Youtube, Facebook, or, worse, Twitter. Responsibility coming with age? Sometimes, but other times hardly.
However, journaling encourages us to have a schedule. Most people journal at night, when the day is coming to a close. But there is no written law of…
