my lifebook
Lifebooks are fun! Are you wondering what is a Lifebook? Lucy Calkins called it a Writer’s Notebook, but, I liked the idea of Lifebook better. That’s what’s great — you hear an idea and you make it your own.
My Lifebook is a collection of little bits and pieces of my life. Things that are important to me. Things I want to remember. Believe it or not, things that can help me write.
A Lifebook is different from a journal. I don’t just write. I collect things too. My Lifebook is fun to just look through, go back in time and remember.
What things do I collect — anything and everything. I draw, put in photos. I have envelopes, ticket stubs, the front of a Jiffy Muffin box, a bottle cap, a deflated balloon, cards, a candy wrapper, stones from the beach, and my favorite entry — sand from South Haven, Michigan. I put in anything that has special meaning to me in my Lifebook.
I think of each little bit and piece as a seed. A seed you can grow into a story. I hope you watch my little video about My Lifebook. It gives more information and shows how I used My Lifebook to write my book, The Long Legged Turtle.
I would love to hear from you if you have started to create your own Lifebook. It’s fun to share :)
P.S. I would encourage anyone interested in writing to read this wonderful book:
The Art of Teaching Writing by Lucy Calkins.
So many ideas!!!!
Happy Writing and Collecting? :)