Some people who want to keep a journal, often times have trouble just getting started. Journal prompts are an effective tool when writing. If you’ve just purchased a journal, or been given one as a gift and your favorite pen is lying idle in your hand as you stare at the first blank page, what do you do? The panic starts and your mind cries, “Oh no, what do I write about?”
For starters, don’t write on the first page. Flip the first page over, start on the next flat page. Better yet, leave a few pages for a journal table of contents.
On the first page of the journal, you could just write the date in the center, or add a content title, e.g. ‘My Travel Journal…’, or ‘This Personal Journal is Property of Jane, HANDS OFF’. The first page is now written on and it’s not so intimidating staring at a book and trying to find words to fill it. You are automatically forced to the next page.
Okay, so you’re at the next page, and your brain is still screaming, “What do I write about.” especially if this is a journal class assignment, yikes! Don’t panic. There are Journal Prompts to help you. These are one sentence prompts which allow you to add your own thoughts and ideas onto the ending, which make a great tool when keeping a journal and the mind has no ideas.
An example of journal prompts:
- Night crawls across the horizon, covering my world with darkness. It’s not the only darkness I feel. Sometimes I …
- The jet streaks across the sky leaving a white trail of hope and excitement. Soon I will be landing into …
- Today, as I watch the kids playing in the back yard, I am reminded of …
- Work made for a long day. I wish that one day I could …