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My best tip is journal like your talking, I hardly do a LO without journalling on it and most the time its my voice you hear coming off the paper. It doesn't matter how long or short it is, along as it says what you want it to say!

Write the story of an event as soon as you can, even if you won't be scrapping it for months. The sooner you write the story, the more details you remember and the more feelings are in the memories as you can clearly relive the moment.

i usually try to write like i am talking. just a stream of thoughts, whatever they may be. kind of like i am thinking out loud. i don't worry about proper grammar (but i do like to make sure i spell words correctly).

Lists lists lists... they are easy and to the point! :-)

my best journaling is my life's stories that I want to remember forever ...

My best tip is to write it when it's fresh. Even if you can't do the page, just write down the memory.

I keep a small journal and write things down as they happen. Just try to tell story based on my feelings at that moment.

Just do it, I know that is a Nike slogan, but it is true, if don't journal that moment you might never go back.

Hi! I just keep a journal with me and jot things down as they happen. Just write them down based on how I feel about the event a that moment.

When I'm going back to older stories, I like to call my mom or sister, or chat with my husband, and just get them talking about that time. Then I furiously scribble down everything they said for use in putting together the story!

My best tip is just to RELAX and do it. It can be stressful trying to get it right. So when I have an idea for a layout, I just write down the journaling I have in mind ASAP before I even start the rest of the design.

My best tip for storytelling is to write a little something about each day in a calendar on the computer---this way when I finally get around to scrapping photos I can go back to that particular day in my calendar and the little notes or bits I've written about that day or event help jog my memory and I can then expound further with a story to go w/the pics! Thanks Ali for the opportunity!

I try not to get too hung up on what I am saying-I really just write like I talk, since the pages are for my boys. I want them to read them in 40 years and "hear" my voice as I really was.

to try to carry a notebook with me so i can write things down soon after they happen. i don't always do this, but ma glad when i do!

Wow..you always come up with a very unique & interesting questions.
My tip for journaling/writing is - Talk out what you are writing.
This is my technique to write journaling on the pages. When I am writing anything I talk it out while I am writing. It helps you feel how it is going to impact on others. And it helps it to become more interacting and people who read it can feel your emotions.
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I like to write in pencil to get the journaling to fit my space the way I want, and then I go back over it with the pen I want to use, and if there are stray pencil marks I just gently erase.

Lately I've goten interested in digi scrapping...somehow the journaling comes easier on the computer.
Love finding different ways to tell our story.

I have actually learned this tip from reading Ali's books and magazine articles. Just be yourself and don't worry about being grammatically correct.

I try to include things the kids said in my journaling...their thought processes and favorite words and phrases change as much as their physical attributes so it's important to catch those details too. Believe, me we still look back and laugh at my oldest (now 11) and how she used to say "tubbytubbies = Teletubbies" and "dadda's mesi = daddy's semi"...without putting these in her books, i'd have forgotten.

There's nothing wrong with writing in bullet points. You tell your story straight and clear to the point and it saves tons of time!!