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Success Tips – Journals

Brenda and I have stressed the importance of journaling. Recently, I read an article in “The Writer,” by Edwards Cannon, that suggests six types of journals. I’m not sure I could keep up with six, but it is something some of you may find useful.

Here are Cannon’s suggestions:

  1. The free write journal
  2. The dream journal
  3. The quotation journal
  4. The submission journal
  5. The what-I-wrote-and-how-I-felt-about-it-today journal.

My own journal is a combination of 1, 3 and 5. I also have a quotation journal for special quotations that mean something to me personally. I’m not good about free writing, yet Brenda likes that type of journaling. I do a quasi free write as I put periods, and sometimes stop and think about what I’m writing. In journaling, do what is comfortable for you. The important aspect is to do it.

Maralyn D. Hill, President
International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association
Books By Hills Success With Writing Where & What in the World

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