Writers use notebooks in many different ways. The key is that they are using their notebook to help them produce pieces of writing. Listen to how these authors use their notebooks.

Georgia Heard-Author
Georgia shares how she uses her notebook to grow ideas, play with language, and think about structure.
Nicola Davies-Author
Nicola shares her two notebooks, one for words and one for illustrations.
Lester Laminack-Author
Lester shares how he collects all sorts of things in his notebook even if he isn’t sure he will ever use them.
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater-Author
“Having a notebook makes me pay better attention.” “If I hadn’t jotted it down I wouldn’t have remembered it.”