Scholar’s Writing Companion Journal — 90 Days of Literary and Rhetorical Concepts

Every writer inherits a vocabulary they did not choose, the words that describe what writing does, how it moves, why it works, and why it sometimes does not. Most writers use these tools without knowing their names. This journal gives them names.

Over ninety days you will encounter the technical vocabulary of writers across twenty-five centuries: the terms that rhetoricians, poets, critics, and novelists have used to describe the craft of putting language to work. Volta. Ekphrasis. Anaphora. Kenosis. Parataxis. Sprezzatura.

Each day: read about the concept, consider what it illuminates, and write your own response. The prompt is a door, not a corridor, you decide how far you go.

What’s inside:

• Welcome page and how to use guide

• 90 daily two-page spreads

• Left page: term, pronunciation, definition, historical source, and scholarly note

• Right page: one writing prompt and generous lined writing space

• Closing field: One word I carry from today

Format: 6 x 9 paperback, approximately 181 pages

Who this is for: Writers, readers, literary students, anyone who wants to understand the craft of language from the inside.