Readers have collected their favorite literary lines for centuries. Now compiling a portable word scrapbook is easier than ever. By J. D. Biersdorfer Creating a commonplace book is somewhat like ...

Today everyone uses computers and cellphones to catalog thoughts and ideas but in the 19th-century, writers chose to take up the commonplace-book tradition by categorizing quotations and information ...

Studies have shown that journaling can boost your mental health and help you process difficult emotions—even if you don’t end up keeping what you’ve written down. But it can be a daunting task to ...

I keep a journal of quotes, lines from songs, poetry. Nothing is my original thought — but all of it struck me as meaningful when I wrote it down. By Charley Locke I’ve never been a journal person, ...