"During all those years I still wasn't a book reader but kept a diary as any writer would. I thought diaries were pure vanity...me, me, me... and one day, to show the gods I wasn't as self-centered as they might think, I took a bunch of my diaries out to a vacant lot and burned them up. Mistake! Ridiculous! Not that it will ever be published but keeping a diary is a sensible, practical thing for writers of any age. It not only gets stuff out of your heart and eases the soul but it's writing, and the beauty is, you don't have to write carefully or well...just enjoy."from The Writer's Rules by Helen Gurley Brown.
Absolutamente !