Q&A for How to Write a Diary

You can write about anything you want! Write about things that happened that day, thoughts, ideas, emotions, dreams, and future plans. You can even draw, if you prefer!

If you can easily read and express yourself using the Greek language, then yes!

Yes, definitely! Some people prefer to write in that style, and that's completely fine.

You can do whatever you want with your diary - it's yours. I named mine!

You could say, "Dear Diary", "Today was ____ (horrible, awesome, embarrassing, etc.)" Or just start by writing about the most interesting thing that happened today. Be creative; there are no rules you have to follow.

Being honest with yourself and writing about your feelings will help most of the time. If you are feeling very frustrated, angry, sad or anything else and you can't talk with anyone about it, writing it in a diary can relieve it a bit. Being honest with yourself is a good way to learn more about how you think and react, which can help you to learn how to manage your feelings well.

As long as it is just you reading it, it really doesn't matter at all. This is your place to write, no one else's.

If you reread your past entries, checking for grammar, then, yes, it can help a lot, assuming you catch your bad grammar. Learning from mistakes is the quickest way to learn.

It's your diary, so no. It's probable that you'll usually be writing about past events of the day, so it's normal to use past tense. But if you are describing a new location, restaurant, etc., then you will use the present tense or, if expressing intention to go there later, then use future tense.

There are many things you could write about. Some things include: Write about your school life. What are your teachers like? What do you have for homework? Write about your social life. Who are your friends? What did you say back to that bully that beat you up yesterday? Write about extra-curricular activities. Do you have a different perspective about math club? Do you think that you are practicing enough each day on your viola?

Diaries aren't chores. They're fun, and they're hobbies. If you want to start one, start it, but don't feel forced to write every day. Write when you want to. If months or even years pass before writing in it again, that's as valid as committing to it daily. Every writer is different.

You could hide it in your room if you don't share one, but it depends on what furniture you have. If you have younger siblings, hide it somewhere high where they can't reach it. If you have older siblings, put it somewhere locked and keep the keys somewhere really secret, or you can put the key on a necklace and wear it all the time. They'll never be able to get it!

It's your diary. You can skip the day, if you want. Just note that it was a very relaxing day or maybe jot down your upcoming plans. But you make the rules with your diary. The choices are always yours. That's what makes it personal.

Write how boring or exciting school was, or how your sister or brother said something mean to you or whatever, what you did with your friends today, or how you love those shoes that your friend bought. Anything that comes to mind really. You can also spill all your emotions onto the page, to help you to sort through them.

It depends what you decide to write in your diary. For instance, if you don't want them to know about something personal or feelings you've had toward them, then you might want to hide it. Be wary that if you have a snoop for a parent, then no amount of hiding will help you and it's just better not to write about anything you'd not want them to know about.

There is no set amount of times for writing in your diary. You can write in it as many or as few times as you wish. It doesn't even have to be important. It's completely up to you when you write in your diary.

Of course you can, if you're a visual learner and pictures can add to the feelings. How you represent those feelings and experiences is entirely up to you.

You may hear stories about people who have wonderful lives and you think their diaries would be super interesting. But nobody is perfect and those people have something that stresses them out too! Just do the best you can and if there's something you want to do, go for it.

It is not really necessary for you to keep a lock on your diary. But, if your diary contains intimate information about you or something that you don't want others to know about, you can put a lock on it. If you do put a lock on it, make sure you keep the key in a safe place so that you can open your diary when required!

No, you can make your diary as long or as short as you want it.

Try to remember the order you did them in. For example, first write about a brother making you mad after school, then about how the dog chased you into the kitchen, then about the gift you opened after dinner, then the homework that stumped you just before bedtime, and so on.

Make it in first person, so that each entry is from that perspective, a key component when writing in a diary format. From there, write out your book with your story but follow it through the formatting of first person as if you were writing the diary itself (as your character).

That's completely up to you - from one word or sentence to a paragraph to a page, to 20 pages, whatever flows is fine. It doesn't even need to be words, you can draw pictures, word-pictures, scribbles, raindrops, whatever you wish. As long as there are pages left in it, you can keep adding until you're fed up doing so. A mixture of lengths or input type makes the diary more fun to look back over and stops you from feeling as if it's just a chore.

In ways it can be a story, being if you are telling the events of your day, you can write it as if a story but being a diary but do not turn it into fiction (story created by the imagination) as a diary is meant to note your thoughts and or document your day. You can turn it into a formatting as if a story but keep it non fiction (real with facts).

Of course you can. It is your diary and no one else's, so you can write short entries or long entries.

You can use pens or markers to write on it, or decorate it with sequins or pictures.

Just write about how your day was. You can write about events, feelings, or both. You could make plans for the future or write a poem about your week. This is your space to write whatever you want.

You could explain to them that the point of a diary is for you to record how you feel about whatever is going on in your life, and that it's personal and private. If they continue to ask, you should remain firm. If you don't want to show them, you don't have to and they have no right to demand you show them.

Don't try to hide it in the kind of place people would expect you to hide something. Think: if you were looking for something your brothers or sisters were hiding, where would you look? Places like under your bed or in a cupboard are too obvious. You could place it among any other notebooks you have, such as schoolbooks, or even on your bookshelf if you have one. It also may be a good idea to use a plain notebook as a diary, so it's more easily disguised.

Write a reminder note or set an alarm on your phone to remember to write each day. Start off slowly by just recording short sentences about your day. If you enjoy it, you will write more overtime and no longer need a reminder.