In your writer's notebook...

• Write the date at the top of each entry 
• You do not need to know what you’re going to write about before you start writing - WRITING IS THINKING! 
• Write for the entire time - even if that means changing the topic
• The goal is to write about the topic, but if your mind wanders to something else, that’s OK
• Try to use the whole paper - if you can fit another entry the next day on the same page, do so 
• Silence that inner critic that tells you “This is not good” and JUST KEEP WRITING!
• Make sure to write the date for any days you are absent so you don't lose credit for that day.