Get your pen and notebook or digital journal ready for the next National Journal Writing Month (NaJoWriMo) starting July 1st.

The theme for the month-long journal writing challenge is Travel: Places and Journeys. This theme and journaling prompts will focus on two types of travel: writing about places we have traveled to or plan to travel, and journeys —the road we have taken in our life so far.

Journal writing is a great tool for writing about traveling because it allows us to capture and  reflect on what we experienced and learned from both our physical travels, and the journeys we’ve made in our lives. And the big plus for journal writing is looking back (rereading) what we wrote and how our past experiences have shaped the direction of our life.

The theme of travel will also be about where we plan to go in our life, both physical places and personal goals. Travel is an opportunity to make plans, to get out of our comfort zone, to visit new places and meet new people.

The poet Nikki Giovanni once said that travel and good food are two experiences that can never be taken away from you. Those experiences will stay with you forever.

How to Participate

As with other NaJoWriMo challenges, there’s three ways you can participate:

1. You can subscribe to the theme for July or another theme in the NaJoWriMo store. The thematic prompts for July will be ready next week. But you can also use another theme if you like. Just make sure to order your theme on June 30th in order to get your prompts to begin arriving on July 1st.
2. Write in your journal about anything you want for 30 days straight.
3. Or take the 15,000 word challenge.

See this page for more details about the levels of participation.

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Let me know what you think of the theme for NaJoWriMo July. If you have any suggestions for the theme, please write them in the comment section, or email me directly using the Contact form.

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