Notebookin'

My Notebook work has built up quite rapidly in only a handful of days, which is pleasantly surprising. I have found that the words have flown out very easily on the most part as I was worried that I would find the blank page hurdle difficult to overcome. I haven't read through what I have written yet- I want to let the material build up a bit first before I look back through it, and before I begin any of the exercises in earnest. I do feel slightly doubtful about the content of the Notebook- most of what is in there is quite personal and I'm afraid it reads much like a diary rather than a collection of words for the basis of prose/poetry. Maybe this is ok; perhaps my personal thoughts will later become internal dialogue for a character. Must worry less and just see where the writing takes me.
Overall I have found the experience of writing everyday very cathartic, especially when I have unloaded my thoughts at the very end of the day into my Notebook. It definitely helps to clear the mind; my head doesn't feel quite so jumbled. So far I have particularly enjoyed the section on recalling dreams- especially the recording of a recurring dream from my childhood. I'm looking forward to using this as the basis for Exercise 1 as there is some nice imagery to play around with.
As for the other forms of notetaking, I'm beginning to worry that all my Notebook material is going to be very mundane and routine as my life on a day to day basis is pretty similar- there's not much opportunity to go to new places and get fresh ideas for inspiration. Perhaps to overcome this I will have to focus on the 'creative diary' use of the notebook and become a bit more imaginative with truth. This will help to develop my description and imagination anyway, so will be quite a useful tool.
My aim for the next couple of days is to try and complete exercise 1, the poetry exercise using my remembered dreams that I have recorded so far. Will report back on my success... or failure! Over and out.