tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post624170550477908876..comments2024-02-19T23:29:30.862-08:00Comments on Linda Benson: JournalingLinda Bensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17948970237555890150noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-87461670411833191182010-03-22T12:06:25.325-07:002010-03-22T12:06:25.325-07:00Woah. What I would do to get a glimpse at this jo...Woah. What I would do to get a glimpse at this journal! But I would never try. Nope. Never. Because journals are sacred.<br /><br />And how do I know this?<br /><br />Because I've always had one too! And it's funny, because in the past few years I went from talking about my stuff, my stories, my...whatever, and now I toss around other ideas for other people, clients, friends, etc...I brainstorm their stuff and I actually find it freeing.<br /><br />So funny, right?<br /><br />Your journal sounds amazing, Linda. And it's obviously doing the job!<br /><br />And um...I didn't realize that draft #1 was done?! Woohoo! Can't wait until it's ready to finish.Joannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09664402491780777165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-3923653491613856092010-03-20T20:26:24.067-07:002010-03-20T20:26:24.067-07:00Shelby - EXACTLY!Shelby - EXACTLY!Linda Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948970237555890150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-26974917287836820982010-03-20T20:03:07.224-07:002010-03-20T20:03:07.224-07:00(Sorry for commenting so late! I have had company ...(Sorry for commenting so late! I have had company and haven't had enough internet time...)<br /><br />I've been keeping a journal pretty consistently for the last six years. It's the old-school longhand kind, but I love the image of you typing it out and keeping it in a binder!<br /><br />Recently, I've realized that it's kind of essential for my mental health: I keep perspective a lot easier (I can go back to the entries from a year ago and realize that all the trivialities I've been fretting over have been resolved). My friends and family like me having it since I vent more on the written page than outloud. :-DShelby Bachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11388437514764925188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-68456467617839508552010-03-18T22:05:09.955-07:002010-03-18T22:05:09.955-07:00Vonna - it's helpful to me to write in a journ...Vonna - it's helpful to me to write in a journal on the keyboard (vs. longhand)and then print it out so I have a tangible copy. That way my fingers are warmed up to write (instead of cramped from holding a pen LOL.)<br /><br />Sharon - Yes I had some handwritten journals, also, from my younger angst-filled years. I threw them all out - and sometimes wish I had them now. HA!Linda Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948970237555890150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-66591657342510598422010-03-18T21:26:46.470-07:002010-03-18T21:26:46.470-07:00Linda--I wish I had my journals from my tween-twen...Linda--I wish I had my journals from my tween-twenty years...I journal when I travel or do things that are hard for me. I tend to write chapters when ideas come to me then go back later and make them into stories. :)Sharon K. Mayhewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07799235347319851345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8865330614535830838.post-18774505830009334132010-03-18T21:01:28.193-07:002010-03-18T21:01:28.193-07:00I used to keep a personal journal, but once I got ...I used to keep a personal journal, but once I got serious about writing professionally, I stopped. I found that if I wrote in my journal, I wrote very little on my novel that day. Every now and then, I'll pick up my old journal and jot a few notes, but I no longer write in it daily or even monthly. Someday I may regret this.Vonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17228707287799345805noreply@blogger.com