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I’ve heard of a lot of authors who derive some of their best works from journal entries and ideas. I am a writer and I have a complete journal dedicated to ideas, comments, quotes, newspaper clippings, and articles that aid me when I am looking for material to write about.
Both my children’s b
ooks, Little Blue Penguin, and my recent release of McKenzie’s Frosty Surprise, started with ideas written into a simple notebook journal that I keep in my purse. With the story, Little Blue Penguin, we were out walking at a local park when my daughter, who was a toddler at the time, lost her new stuffed toy, a little blue penguin. I got to thinking that it could be a cute story, and didn’t want to loose the idea, so I wrote down a few ideas in the journal I had with me.
McKenzie’s Frosty Surprise came about when out for a daily walk. We live in the country and I was walking by one of our local wetland marshes. There was a nest of ducks and their ducklings. It was so cute to watch them playing and in and out of the marsh. I had my journal with me, so I found a rock to sit on some distance away and just started writing, keeping an eye on the feathered family as I did so. The ideas flowed from me as I felt I was in the groove. I am not sure if that I hadn’t been carrying a journal, whether the ideas might have disappeared before I was able to jot them down.
Handy journals come in so many sizes now; it’s easy to find one to store in a pocket, purse or back pack. You never know when a story idea or even the story itself might nudge you to do some writing.
Patricia L. Atchison is the author of 2 children’s books, Little Blue Penguin and McKenzie’s Frosty Surprise, available through Wood Lily Publishers and Wood Lily Books.
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 pm
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September 3rd, 2008 at 7:16 pm
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September 4th, 2008 at 12:07 am
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September 4th, 2008 at 12:07 am
Stories Derived From Journal Entries | Journals and Papers…
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October 1st, 2008 at 4:34 am
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October 1st, 2008 at 4:37 am
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I noticed it’s hard to find a nice leather journal these days. Must be because we’re in the electronic age. I still prefer to jot down my thoughts on paper, so when I came across your site, I didn’t have to think twice in buying one. Keep these jour…
October 1st, 2008 at 4:37 am
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I noticed it’s hard to find a nice leather journal these days. Must be because we’re in the electronic age. I still prefer to jot down my thoughts on paper, so when I came across your site, I didn’t have to think twice in buying one. Keep these jour…
October 1st, 2008 at 4:40 am
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October 1st, 2008 at 5:14 am
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