Forget the novel you’ve been hankering to write: what you should be working on is the next great plague diary.

If you’re looking for an alternative to the usual “just write whatever” style of journaling, Grid Diary is worth a look.

How John Steinbeck Convinced Me to Start a Writing Diary Confronting self-doubt head on can help put it behind you. Posted June 29, 2015 ...

But then I came across John Steinbeck’s writing diary from when he worked on The Grapes of Wrath, which was itself published as a book and highlighted (with copious examples) by Maria Popova ...