I've come to the end of my first writer's journal of 2020 so I've decided to do a flip through of some of the pages.
I've thoroughly enjoyed writing in this dark blue Lemome lined journal. Inside I write down all my ideas. They might be regular journal thoughts, ideas that (frustratingly!) come to me before I go to sleep, a few sentences, some feelings, brainstorming and from all of this I create my essays, my novel, my non-fiction, my blog posts and videos.
And it all begins with some scribbles in a journal.
This is my video where I flip through and show you what I’ve done on each page and how my ideas have developed.
If you're looking for ideas on how to fill your journals and notebooks I am sharing a journal flip through to show how I fill mine. My journals are often messy but each one has a definite purpose.
I use one journal as a writing bullet journal to track and log my writing and creative projects. I use another to plan my writing and creative tasks. I have others for particular writing projects such as my book proposal, essays and YouTube scripts. Then I have some simply to journal and to free up space in my head.
In this video I share each notebook I’ve used in the last six months. There’s a completed journal, a couple of new notebooks and I also share how my notebooks (and writing) have been affected by the recent pandemic