First Draft to Published

Today, is Dear Diary Day.  Do you keep a journal or diary while you write your book?  As a child and teenager I wrote in journals. They chronicled my everyday life, the hopes and dreams of typical young girl. But I never showed them to anyone.  Today, I take a more calculated approach to journaling in between note-taking and free writing, I also use a journal to tracking my book writing progress.  I can hear you saying why would you want to track your book writing progress. The story is already there on paper. However, tracking your progress isn't only about daily timed writing or daily word counts.   Here's some ways that journaling can work for you. Journaling allows you to track how you feel when you're writing, your joys, inspirations, up and downs.  Arguments you might be having with your characters or maybe they're wanting to take over the story. On days when your are feeling less than and you still want to reach your writing goals then write dow...