“The notebooks of a writer,” wrote Susan Sontag in 1963, “have a very special function […] Typically, writers’ notebooks are crammed with statements about the will: the will to write, the will to love ...

Digital diaries and apps are convenient but there’s something about making a list with pen and paper that makes you focus on a task. And then there's the tangible satisfaction of ticking off a job ...

The 1952 novel Forbidden Notebook reveals one woman's interior life with radical honesty. On International Women's Day, Clare Thorp explores how the book – which has just been republished in English – ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Journaling has been studied as an art form in and of ...