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

“As Barbara Kingsolver said, “Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, writers will go to stupefying lengths to get the infernal roar of words out of their skulls and onto paper.”
― Lavinia Spalding, Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler

“For my money, this is the highest purpose of journaling. A travelogue enables you to look inward while studying the unfamiliar scenes around you,”
― Lavinia Spalding, Writing Away: A Creative Guide to Awakening the Journal-Writing Traveler