If you have a crisp, new notebook you’re dying to write in, but aren’t sure where to start, why not grab a pen and start filling it with random thoughts and ideas? A journal that’s packed with ...

If you’re in the middle of your NaNoWriMo draft and you feel like your novel lacks the kind of sensory detail that other authors seem to include naturally—the kind of writing that makes you feel like ...

After years of committing to an all-digital writing system, I’m coming back around to physical notebooks. I can recall more of what I write by hand than what I type into the Notes app, and I like ...

John Schu is a best-selling author, a children’s librarian and a tireless evangelist for the power of a blank page. By Elisabeth Egan Elisabeth Egan is an editor at the Book Review and the author of ...