10 Reasons to Keep a Writer's Journal

From my lengthy "do as I say, not as I do" file comes this item–keeping a journal.  I decided to blog about this topic to kick-start myself into restarting this important habit.  So read on if you like, but this entry is meant to persuade me.

Steve, I know you've kept journals in the past, but you've fallen out of the habit and out of practice.  You're also now denying yourself a journal's many benefits.  Yes, you kept secret "event"-type journals about each of your children's activities as...