Journaling guides

Answers to the questions people search before they start writing, from someone who had to build the app that solves them. Daily Writer is listed on the App Store as Prolific: Write Every Day.

How to Start a Journaling Habit That Sticks
A journaling habit survives on a low daily target, one fixed anchor time, and a streak you can see. Here is the setup that lasts past week two.
What to Write About in a Journal: 9 Starts
Nine reliable ways to start a journal entry when the page is blank, from the last twelve hours to specific gratitude that does not go stale.
How to Do Morning Pages, Including on a Phone
Julia Cameron’s morning pages rules, what three longhand pages equals in typed words, and how to run the practice on a phone without wrecking it.
Digital Journal vs Paper Journal: How to Choose
Paper wins on focus and memory. Digital wins on search, backup and actually being there. The honest comparison, plus the question that settles it.