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How One Note Taking Method Changed My Writing For the Better
I’ve learned more about writing with this notebook than I did in any class.
I’ve always been a notebook hoarder.
If you asked my mom, she’d undoubtedly point at me and say, “This kid? Oh, they’ve always had a million notebooks. Not everyone knows they want to be a writer, but Abby was seven years old when they told me they wanted to grow up to be a famous author!”
And, yes — it would be that exact speech.
I’ve heard it many times, and so has everyone else.
I hope she never stops.
As I said, I hoard notebooks, and all of Earth could attest that I’m telling the truth.
They’ll also tell you I fill them all up completely.
But I haven’t used any of them the way I use this one.
An All Too Easy Process
I love every kind of notebook and journal that exists.
Commonplace, word definitions only, brain dumps, gratitude journals, diaries — anything and everything.
Since I enjoy doing all of those things, I figured it would be better if I didn’t have to carry 10 individual notebooks in my giant bag every day.
