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Keep writing! I've found that the more I write the better I like the story I've told. That's how you develop your "voice".

I usually journal as I'm scraping, I start thinking about the event or moment in the picture and it brings back all the memories....and then I write them down. But I must say, there are times when I start to journal even before I have set up my page.

Like you, I love to use my blog to get things down while they're fresh, then transfer to scrapbook pages as I have time.

I find my best journaling is if I right in the moment, when I am actually writing as I am feeling it. Sometimes this is impossible but when I can I just write and not worry about composition, spelling errors, etc.
When I haven't done this, I always start with the 5 W's and try to expand or ask more questions from there.

I carry a little notebook with me and jot down the feeling/thought/idea at the time.
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The best journaling I do is in the moment... I write down whatever I am feeling or thinking about that moment as I am doing the page... I no longer get hung up on if it is perfect and it turns out great every time becuse it is my memory.

Keep a notebook handy and jot down journaling when you can - when events are fresh in your mind. Mine doesn't always relate to a specific page, but a few journal entries may be combined together for a page later on.

I keep a tiny notebook in my purse and write down things periodically throughout the day as I think of things. Then I always have something to look back on and it's a lot easier for me than coming up with something when I actually sit down to create.

Its bad, but its good...
My kids are 6 and 2 and sometimes when I am at a loss for words I evesdrop on their conversations, they are great journaling and layout prompts.

Tell the story that isn't obvious in the photo. So that one someone looks at your scrapbooks you don't have to say "oh an dthat was when...." or "oh and she was doing...." Someone should be able to look at your albums without you, if the journaling is complete.

SOMETIMES I DON'T KNOW WHERE OR WHEN THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN AS I SCRAP MOSTLY MY GROWN UP KID'S EVENTS- SO I TRY TO BE FUNNY. LIKE I WRITE : PLACE - UNKNOWN- CAN BE ANYWHERE IN SOUTH AMERICA, DATE- UNKNOWN- THEY DID NOT USE DATES ON THEIR CAMERAS, AND ONLY ONE KNOWN THING IS..... " MY SON/SONS/DAUGHTER/ DAUGHTERS HAD GREAT TIME ON...AND WHO CARES IF IT IS BRAZIL OR ARGENTINA?"
SOMETIMES I ONLY USE A LINE FROM MY FAVORITE SONGS THAT FITS- LIKE " MY THE FOOL ON THE HILL// YOUR GREEN FIELDS FOREVER- AND TRY TO ADD SOME PERSONAL NOTES- HOW MUCH I MISS THEM (3 OF 4 OUT OF OUR CONTRY FOR 2-3 YEARS)BLA- BLA- BLA//
AND ACTUALLY I LOVE JORNALING MORE THAN TITLES OR PAPER- I AM ADDICTED TO JOURNALING STAMPS- PADS ETC.

I majored in English in college and when I journal, I find there are many ways to write what you are thinking but the easiest and best (in my opinion)is to pretend that I am verbally telling the story. There is more personality in my writing that way and it sounds more like me which is usually what I'm going for in preserving all my memories.

I journal in my head as I'm doing the layout and jot down my ideas later for further elaboration. I know it's not the most effecient, my then again, I'm not the most effecient scrapper either! :)

Notes notes and more notes I'm always making notes about stuff I am seeing, hearing etc.... I often try and review things through all my senses as it helps me to recall details I may otherwise have missed. And I also go with the ASAP theory as well I find I write so much more on my 365 project LO's if I do it each evening or the next morning rather than if I let a few days slip by.

My best tip for journaling: write about something that touches you. Something that relly moves you. This way, the word come out like water in a waterfall. :)

My best writing tip, that I've come to use with each journaling opportunity, is to write as if I'm talking with a friend, a genuine casual conversation not told to a large audience. Then, it just comes out real, not contrived or trying to be perfect.

I missed out on the Project 365 kit from CK, so I've been using index cards to document bits and pieces of each day. I just keep a stack in the kitchen and grab one to record family comments or activities or random thoughts I have.
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my best tip: write down everything you want to say about the event/day/person on a scrap piece of paper. then edit it to match the pics you have selected for you layout...sometimes you have to write more than you need to jog your memory. then when you journal on the page you can be creative - write around the pictures....make a border with journaling.....pick out the most imortant descriptive word and use it as a feature on the page.......have fun!

my tip is to blog or journal daily even if it is just a word or two. I keep a journal in my bag and write while I am waiting for the kids to get out od school and for when I am in doctors offices waiting.... so my my best journaling comes from waiting time!!!!!

Its bad, but its good...
My kids are 6 and 2 and sometimes when I am at a loss for words I evesdrop on their conversations, they are great journaling and layout prompts.