The first time I taught a college course called “The London Diary” for young Americans studying abroad back in 2002, each student ended up with a tangible book of memories, a handwritten record of ...
No one was more surprised than poet Maggie Smith that writing herself a daily pep talk during the unraveling of her 18-year marriage actually helped her feel better. Those little missives, ...
Writing a diary is nothing new. Millions of people do it. A 2011 article in the Indian Times on ‘Why we keep diaries’ noted that being able to keep a diary over a long period is not easy to do as it ...
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I write academically for my English classes. I also write creatively, both for class and for my own personal life. Some of my favorite writing is the writing I do in my poetry journal and for the ...
Since my first day as a university student back in October 1984, I have kept a diary. What started out as my attempt to write a real-life Secret Diary of Adrian Mole has turned into 30 years of ...