APRIL MAY , , 2020 2021
KEEPING TRACK AND TAKING STOCK : YOUR WRITER ’ S JOURNAL By : Alice Orr
Set aside a separate section of your writer ’ s journal titled “ An Emotional Diary .” Record in this section , the emotions you experienced that day , making note of the circumstances in which they occurred . Be succinct and keep to the point . Use precise images and vivid language . Brainstorm how you might , specifically , transport these emotions into your current characters .
Here is an exercise for employing all of the above . Write in your journal – as a scene with action , dialog , description , etc . – something that happened that day . First , write this scene from your usual writer ’ s journal point of view , most likely first person . Next , rewrite the scene from another point of view , maybe third person , or from the POV of another person in the scene .
What can this Writer ’ s Journal method do for you ? The most significant result will be your heightened alertness to everything that happens to you . Plus , a renewed appreciation of the vast resource your day-to-day life can be for your work . I wish you Happy Journaling !
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Alice Orr has spent most of her professional life in publishing , as book editor , literary agent , workshop leader , and author . She ’ s published 16 novels , 3 novellas , a memoir , and
More Rejections : 50 Secrets to Writing a
Manuscript That Sells . Her current work in progress includes A Thankless Season — Riverton Road Romantic Suspense Book 5 — the series finale .
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