and accurate details. You don't have to use fancy words, but do use words which describe your thoughts creatively, making a more scholarly entry, especially if you are planning to submit your writing as an essay or short story.Most details of our lives will be important to our posterity after we are gone. Remember, writing can be theraputic and helpful to us as we see the eventual outcome of events. Write as you would talk, and Writing is a way to keep one's life alive years after it's lived; learning to write well and concisely will help you put your thoughts down in such a way the others will enjoy reading about them. Journal keeping is a time-honored way to record for posterity your thoughts, dreams and daily occurrences; a diary is a very brief written account.

• Your aim is to write every day. At the least, take notes daily or record some notes at least twice a week or more. Writing down impressions, thoughts and hopes are one way to see how your life is being formed. It will show you how you are progressing and where you might want to make some changes to your goals.
• Type, hand write, or dictate into a tape recorder, transcribing later. I have found that using a tape recorder is a very easy method of recording daily happenings for easy transcribing later, and a mini-recorder fits almost anywhere. Consider keeping a photo journal or scrapbook; they can serve as a 'picture journey' of the subjects in the pictures. Be sure to label your photos! There is nothing worse than looking through an album and trying to guess who is in the pictures and what year and day it was. I prefer to keep both; a journal along with pictures in albums and scrapbooks.

My friends and I think of journaling as 'spiritual' in a sense, that is, in the Bible the Lord calls upon men to write of their 'spiritual lives' which we know as books of the Bible. For religious people, it is a commandment that they keep 'spiritual records' for the benefit of the generations who follow.

• Write about what you learn; if you take a class, write what you've learned by study and application. Stay away from generalities, but follow your feelings. Strive to give honest facts and accurate details. You don't have to use fancy words, but do use words which describe your thoughts creatively, making a more scholarly entry, especially if you are planning to submit your writing as an essay or short story.

Most details of our lives will be important to our posterity after we are gone. Remember, writing can be theraputic and helpful to us as we see the eventual outcome of events. Write as you would talk, and t least twice a week or more. Writing down impressions, thoughts and hopes are one way to see how your life is being formed. It will show you how you are progressing and where you might want to make some changes to your goals.

Type, hand write, or dictate into a tape recorder, transcribing later. I have found that using a tape recorder is a very easy method of recording daily happenings for easy transcribing later, and a mini-recorder fits almost anywhere. Consider keeping a photo journal or scrapbook; they can serve as a 'picture journey' of the subjects in the pictures. Be sure to label your photos! There is nothing worse than looking through an album and trying to guess who is in the pictures and what year and day it was. I prefer to keep both; a journal along with pictures in albums and scrapbooks.

My friends and I think of journaling as 'spiritual' in a sense, that is, in the Bible the Lord calls upon men to write of their 'spiritual lives' which we know as books of the Bible. For religious people, it is a commandment that they keep 'spiritual records' for the benefit of the generations who follow.

• Write about what you learn; if you take a class, write what you've learned by study and application. Stay away from generalities, but follow your feelings. Strive to give honest facts and accurate details. You don't have to use fancy words, but do use words which describe your thoughts creatively, making a more scholarly entry, especially if you are planning to submit your writing as an essay or short story.

Most details of our lives will be important to our posterity after we are gone. Remember, writing can be theraputic and helpful to us as we see the eventual outcome of events. Write as you would talk, and der fits almost anywhere. Consider keeping a photo journal or scrapbook; they can serve as a 'picture journey' of the subjects in the pictures. Be sure to label your photos! There is nothing worse than looking through an album and trying to guess who is in the pictures and what year and day it was. I prefer to keep both; a journal along with pictures in albums and scrapbooks.My friends and I think of journaling as 'spiritual' in a sense, that is, in the Bible the Lord calls upon men to write of their 'spiritual lives' which we know as books of the Bible. For religious people, it is a commandment that they keep 'spiritual records' for the benefit of the generations who follow.

• Write about what you learn; if you take a class, write what you've learned by study and application. Stay away from generalities, but follow your feelings. Strive to give honest facts and accurate details. You don't have to use fancy words, but do use words which describe your thoughts creatively, making a more scholarly entry, especially if you are planning to submit your writing as an essay or short story.

Most details of our lives will be important to our posterity after we are gone. Remember, writing can be theraputic and helpful to us as we see the eventual outcome of events. Write as you would talk, and a sense, that is, in the Bible the Lord calls upon men to write of their 'spiritual lives' which we know as books of the Bible. For religious people, it is a commandment that they keep 'spiritual records' for the benefit of the generations who follow.

• Write about what you learn; if you take a class, write what you've learned by study and application. Stay away from generalities, but follow your feelings. Strive to give honest facts and accurate details. You don't have to use fancy words, but do use words which describe your thoughts creatively, making a more scholarly entry, especially if you are planning to submit your writing as an essay or short story.

Most details of our lives will be important to our posterity after we are gone. Remember, writing can be theraputic and helpful to us as we see the eventual outcome of events. Write as you would talk, and and accurate details. You don't have to use fancy words, but do use words which describe your thoughts creatively, making a more scholarly entry, especially if you are planning to submit your writing as an essay or short story.Most details of our lives will be important to our posterity after we are gone. Remember, writing can be theraputic and helpful to us as we see the eventual outcome of events. Write as you would talk, and read more. "Fish" as you read, take notes; try to look at your event from a different perspective.

• Having writer's block? Take notes; keep a jar to put the notes in. Keep a pocket-sized notebook where you can record thoughts and ideas; date your entries and number your pages. Don't let the idea of someone else reading your work scare you or stop you from writing.

Remember: "What other people think of me is none of my business"

....Author Unknown