I started keeping a Writer’s Notebook in 1997 after attending an Advanced Placement Summer Institute in Norman, Oklahoma. The presenter, Cindy O’Donnell Allen, had sections and lessons in her presentation about having students keep a Writer’s Notebook. I had “journaled” or kept a diary since I was a child, but this concept was different. It is not a diary, not a journal/diary. I embraced it because I liked the set-up and purpose. Why Keep a Writer’s Notebook From my notes, I gleaned these ideas about keeping a notebook: What we choose to record reflects a lot about who we are. We use Writer’s Notebooks to…