Howard Veit

“The thing is, even if you start out with a firm resolve and a clear intention, your journal will die a slow death if you write in it only when the spirit moves you.”
― Lavinia Spalding, Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler

“journal; it’s a deeply intimate affair and by far the most private of all writing projects, and no one can or should tell you exactly how to approach it. That would be like advising you on how to bathe or pray—it’s really your own deal. I do, however, know what works for me and for lots of other writers, and I have ideas to share.”
― Lavinia Spalding, Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler

“Procrastination hurts almost any project, but it’s murder on a travel journal. First”
― Lavinia Spalding, Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler

“Talk to companions, family, locals, and new acquaintances about your writing, gently impressing upon them that keeping a journal is important to you. First, doing so will compel you to write, because if you’ve told them you’re working on something meaningful and they see you sunning yourself on the beach reading smut novels and trashy magazines all the time you’ll be embarrassed. Second, when you introduce yourself as a writer you’ll be treated with regard when seen writing. If you present the journal as something you love, people will see it as beloved and make space for it.”
― Lavinia Spalding, Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler