A Writer's Notebook

writer’s notebook is nothing more than a blank book, but within those pages you’ve got a powerful tool for writing and living.

If an idea doesn’t grab you, just move on to the the next chapter. If you read an idea that appeals to you, try it out in your own notebook. Experiment!

Your notebook is uniquely yours, like your wallet or backpack. Only you can decide what to put in it.

We’ll also look at ways to reread your notebook and use what you have collected to generate your own “polished” writing.

write in it on a regular basis. I

What does a writer’s notebook look like? There’s really no right answer for this except that your writer’s notebook should reflect your personality.

First Flight

All the way home

I tried to forget

how your lip twitched

how your face flinched

I walked alone

under a huge rainbow

beautiful and damaged

upper arch worn away

just two broken pieces

dangling from the sky

words—a rainbow, beautiful, and damaged—seemed to jump off the page

like it. Wonder what makes that happen. Had the winds swept away the highest clouds?

Months later I began writing a series of love poems. I reread my notebook and found that entry. Th

Today I saw a rainbow, beautiful and damaged, the top part washed away, gone