Quiet Power by Susan Cain

Author:Susan Cain
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 2016-04-18T18:21:39+00:00

DEAR DIARY

“Writing is something you do alone,” says bestselling author John Green. “It’s a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don’t want to make eye contact while doing it.”

When I was younger, my chosen medium was an old-fashioned diary, complete with lock and key. While I did write stories from time to time, the diary was my place for truth and confession. It existed apart from the world—I never shared it with friends or family. It helped me organize and make sense of the anxieties of my childhood and teen years. If anyone had read my diary, it would have been an earth-shattering event. But this habit of expressing myself on the page trained me to be an honest writer.

A diary doesn’t have to come in the form of a bound and sealed notebook. Maggie keeps a note on her phone that she adds to daily. “I like to write down my dreams so I remember them. I write about ideas I have or things that made me excited but I’m afraid to jinx if I share them with anyone out loud.”

As a high schooler, Jared from California free-wrote on his computer. “That was my resource,” he said. “It was my way to survive when my head was exploding. A lot of it was anxieties, very personal thoughts about people or situations or struggles I was going through. It was a way to release the tension.” He barely reread what he wrote. He’d hammer out his thoughts on the keyboard, then get ready to sleep. “I would write, brush my teeth, and go to bed,” he said. “My mind might still be buzzing but it wasn’t buzzing as much. It would be a weight lifted off my shoulders.”

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