
Digital + printable journal for writers
The Ultimate Writing Habit Journal
Build a writing habit that lasts, one month at a time
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 35-page digital planner with clickable tabs, contents and back links
- Two designs: Classic and the colourful Pop design
- Printable US Letter versions of both designs
- Recommended Resources for Authors PDF
A hyperlinked PDF for Goodnotes, Notability, Noteshelf and other PDF note apps on iPad or Android tablets. Tap the tabs and contents to jump between pages.
About this journal
Build a writing habit that lasts, one month at a time. The Writing Habit Journal has 3 sections: set up, months and review.
It comes as Goodnotes & PDF, Microsoft Word, Notion template and E-ink edition, or as a printed, spiral-bound planner, so you can plan in the app you already use.
Sample pages
Take a look inside
Real pages from the Writing Habit Journal, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
3 sections, 35 pages in the PDF
Set Up3 pages
- Why I write
- My habit rules
- The year ahead
Months24 pages
- 12 monthly habit trackers
- 12 monthly reflections
- A circle for every day
Review1 page
- Year in review
- A look back at the year
- Celebrate every word
Section and page counts are for the Goodnotes & PDF edition; the other formats hold the same planning pages, arranged to suit each app.
Highlights
Inside the Writing Habit Journal
Decide your habit first
- Why I Write: a page for the days you don't feel like it
- My Habit Rules: when, where, how long and what counts
- The Year Ahead: a small writing focus for each month
- Set up once, then come back to it all year
Colour in every day you write
- A tracker page for each of 12 months
- Fill in the dates yourself, so you can start in any month
- Colour in a circle for every day you write
- See your streaks at a glance
Look back with kindness
- A reflection page after every monthly tracker
- What worked this month, and what didn't
- Decide what you'll try next month
- 12 reflections across the year
Celebrate a year of writing
- Month 12 tracker and reflection to finish the year
- Year in Review: look back at the whole year of writing
- Total days written, your best month and next year's focus
- Celebrate every word you wrote
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