A recount is a way of telling others what has happened to you. A diary entry is a type of recount. Here are some key features to remember when writing a recount: Write your recount in the first person ...

I have long toyed with the idea of keeping a journal or diary. I like the idea of keeping a record of my life, something to look back on to remember how I felt about things in the past and see how ...

The first time I taught a college course called “The London Diary” for young Americans studying abroad back in 2002, each student ended up with a tangible book of memories, a handwritten record of ...

On October 26, 1977, the day after his mother died, French philosopher and literary theorist Roland Barthes began the “Mourning Diary”—a series of reflections written on small pieces of paper the size ...