Writer's Notebook

Writer’s Notebook Entries

“Gathering Ideas”

• Things we see that are interesting

• Very close observations of things, capturing sights, sounds, tastes, smells, moods, etc.

• Questions about a subject, a person, a thing, a place, etc.

• Lists of things we might want to think about later

• Quotes from music, movies, or books

• Writing generated from photographs

• Memories

• Ideas from news stories we hear

• Character ideas from interesting people we see

• Setting ideas from places we visit

• Entries about things that interest

• Research data

• Reflections about things we see, hear, or think

• Poetry

• Family stories that we know

• Writing generated from conversations we've had or have heard

• Lists of people or place names of interest

• Entries about things we care about

• Things we wonder about

• Celebrations or victories

• Dreams