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WRITERS AND THEIR NOTEBOOKS

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Copyright

CONTENTS

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part 1—The Journal as Tool

Journaling—a Stepping Stone

The Use of the Journal in Writing the Private Eye Novel

On Meeting Yourself

Journal—the Place of No Limit

Using My Notebook

A Life Observed

Blogging like a Child-Arsonist

Part 2—The Journal for Survival

“Musements” and Mental Health

Clearing the Decks

Le Misérable

Sea of Blue Ink

Part 3—The Journal for Travel

From an Audience of One to an Audience of Anyone

Writing in Public Places

Notes from an Accidental Journal Keeper

Part 4—The Journal as Muse

Holdalls

My Own Particular Custom

Thoughts on a Writer’s Journal

From Writer’s Notebook to Poetic Journal

The Icebreaker

Part 5—The Journal for Life

Daily Doodles

Forgetting to Remember—Why I Keep a Journal

Keeping Up with the Days

Anne Frank Redux

Journaling without the Journal

Appendix I Use Journaling to Spark Your Writing

Appendix II A Journaling Workout

Sources and Further Readings

Contributors