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Sometimes, journal entries don’t always have to about writing down your feelings and thoughts. You might like to journal a story. Even if you aren’t a writer of fiction, sometimes journal entries can lead to some great story detail. I’ve seen some entries where the journal writer starts putting down feelings, but then somehow a story shapes itself out of an experience by the author.
Did something happen today which touched your heart and you have to go home and pull out your journal right away and jot it down? Did you see someone who has character appeal, and that person stayed with your thoughts; your imagination goes into overdrive and you start creating a story. Write it down in your journal.
Journals can be used for many things. Some people feel that the journal acts as a diary, where a chronological ordering of the day must be preserved. Others use their journals for poetry and drawings, quotes and comments or ideas. One other purpose can be to create stories. Let your mind wander into fantasy and see where your thoughts take you.
It’s fun reading what you’ve written too. You never know when you might decide to enter a writing contest, and lacking ideas on the spur of the moment, an old journal entry might twig a great idea.
