How To Write A Good Commonplace Book. Commonplace books, it must be stressed, are not journals. A journal that you use specifically for writing the things you learned from reading or from anywhere — seminars, documentaries, movies, even from thoughtful lyrics.
A commonplace book will enrich your reading life in ways you can’t even imagine. After finishing a book (where i already highlighted and flagged all the important stuff as i was reading), i transfer each quote or passage to an index card. Today, so much of our lives is documented in someway.
