Friday, September 14, 2012

From Ralph Fletcher, Breathing In Breathing Out: Keeping a Writer's Notebook


"Not many of us are brave or brazen enough to go public and let the world judge our early failed writings.  That's where the notebooks come in.  It gives us a private place to write badly."



My daybook is my safe place to write down my thoughts and I will not be judged.  Like writing, many people are afraid to go out in the world and show their true personality.  I feel safe around my closets friends and family and in my home.  My daybook is my safe place to write.  Nobody will judge me for what I write or how bad my grammar is.  Writing in my daybook is one of my favorite things to do.  I can let all of my thoughts out and they flow so easily.  Writing in my book is very liberating.

5 comments:

  1. So you've pretty much turned your daybook into a diary, except for sharing whats inside of it on a blog...

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  2. Hey I feel you. Keep letting your thoughts flow on the paper.

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  3. I agree with you! For some reason I like to write on my blog more, I suppose it's because I have more time to think..

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  4. I want to talk more with yall about the differences and similarities you feel between daybook and blog. This is interesting stuff.

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  5. I feel the same way! I have a similar post about how i love just writing what i feel. This is something i am really new to but i enjoy it. I feel like i dont have to bother someone by just talking to them about how im feeling or thinking.

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