Books on journal writing

[syntaxofthings]

tarnished's posts recently and gift of a lovely orange pen have gotten me to open up my neglected journal again and see what I can do with it. After one very frustrated, disjointed entry on Sunday evening, I decided yesterday before picking up my journal again to skim through Note to Self: On Keeping a Journal and Other Dangerous Pursuits again to see if there was any wisdom I could take back to my journal.

When I picked it up from my bookshelf, I found many post-its of very helpful passages, then proceeded to re-read most of it. That night, I spent an hour with my journal and wrote about six pages, the most I've written in at least a month. I'm ready to write again this afternoon and try and finish some of the soul-searching I started. It surprised me how helpful reading a book on writing in a journal was, and I was curious if anyone else here had any recommendations for things to read on the subject. When you are stuck in a rut with your journal, do you turn to a specific book to help? Do you have any book recommendations on journalling, or perhaps writing in general? Or do you never have the problem of being dissatisfied with your journalling practices? :P

Comments

[tarnished]

Wow, that's awesome. Does that book have prompts or just general tips and advice?

[syntaxofthings]

Both. It's certainly lighter on prompts in favor of examples from real people's journals, but there are a few prompts for getting in touch with, say, your Sense of Self, or perhaps Spirituality, or general writing...

[lishiewishes]

I actually turn to the internet. Tumblr has some amazing work. Alternatively, I look up at the massive storage box on my wardrobe - the gems within (all my journals so far ... well, they're gems to me) are enough to get me writing again. The thought of me in my thirties stumbling on them and then taking them out to read again ... I'm all about memories and leaving behind an account of what went on, and I really hate forgetting things to the point where it sometimes scares me - so it'd be like finding a treasure trove.