I am currently taking a writing workshop through the local library and the teacher has advised we journal as homework.
I have never really kept a diary (6 months as an 8 yr old doesn't really count) and although I do have some wonderful trip journals, those are short term event focused writing.
I have a really hard time journalling daily - not that I find my life boring - but that I just can't seem to find the oomph to actually write my day down.
Many people have told me I should write a memoir, and I sometimes play with the idea of doing it as a series of diary entries (probably the only way I could make writing about myself palatable) but beyond that I struggle.
What are the thoughts of the rest of you? Do you journal? If so, what about and why and how often? If not, do you think you should?
Struggling!
Eddie
I used to keep journals, but it became kind of obsessive - I couldn't sleep unless I'd written down what had happened that day, and it would often stretch out to an hour or longer of me scribbling self-obsessed adolescent rants.
ReplyDeleteThe cure was to go through the journals, keep a few, and literally throw the rest away.
So I don't have advice on how to journal healthily. I do think that having a blog and a journal means that one of them will get short-changed. It seems a bit redundant. I'd say post to this blog every day, and then give your writing teacher a link :)
Doug:
ReplyDeleteGood idea - you are really helpful btw. I find your perspectives on things illuminating. Even when we don't agree I am bound to find new things to think about!
I really appreciate that you take a few moments every now and then to drop by here.
Cheers,
Eddie
Oh, you're welcome. It's nice to comment on the blog of someone I actually know in person. I also find that you and I are in similar positions in some ways - trying to cram writing of various different kinds into our lives, for example
ReplyDelete...and you are doing a better job of it than I am :)
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