Hi Richard,

I've just discovered your website and FB page. I, too, have recently started keeping a writing journal and still have to adjust to the idea. Mine was inspired by an article I read: "How Steinbeck used the diary as a tool of discipline, a hedge against self-doubt, and a pacemaker for the heartbeat of creative work." (http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/02/john-steinbeck-working-days/). I wonder if Steinbeck would have been quite so successful in his creation of The Grapes of Wrath if he hadn't kept his journal? What's more, he published his entries as Working Days: The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath. So maybe you shouldn't destroy yours? 🙂

Kind regards,

Jessica