A paper notebook is like a walled garden.

I was listening to this interview in which Chase Jarvis interviews Austin Kleon and this line jumped out at me. I thought Austin put it so beautifully, this feeling those of us have who love to write by hand. A paper notebook really is like a walled garden.

I wrote parts of The Empath’s Journey by hand in cafes and libraries. And when I first started writing many years ago, I did scores of writing exercises by hand. It felt magical, as if I was unearthing some undiscovered part of my...