I'm Sam, the founder of Dear Writer, this who we are and how we came to be.
Journaling has been my saving grace. I spent most of my young adult life battling with addiction and dealing with trauma. Writing became a great source of strength for me, it was a tool I was introduced to in the early days of my recovery and it stuck with me. I now use it as a way of maintaining my overall wellbeing.
Dear Writer's story started in June 2020. Realising how journaling was helping me through the daily uncertainty of the first lockdown we faced I set about making some guided journaling practices to share with friends.
The practice was based on my own writing routine, a gratitude list, some daily prompts and weekly reflections.
A campaign was launched in October on Kickstarter to raise funds for the first print run of a journal with six weeks worth of guided pages and one month later we had successfully raised all the funds we needed with over one hundred copies of the journal pre-ordered. We could not have produced our first print run if not for the generous support of the backers of our campaign. Their names are listed below and for their support, I will always be grateful.
SEE THE KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN HERE
With the help of our talented designers at Work Till Late studios the journals were crafted into what you see here.
We published The Six Week Journal on the 21st of December 2020 and have also donated over 100 copies of the One Week Journal - read more about our community support here:
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoy the journals.
Happy writing,
Sam x
A special thanks to the supporters of our Kickstarter campaign
Adriana MacCormack
Robert Naylor
Jo Clark
James Naylor
Jack & Jo Ferris-Weightman
Jennifer Collins
Charlotte Kahn
Geoff MacCormack
Liam and Kate Whittaker-Domashenko
Luke Ramm
Tom Bothwell
Peter & Caren Topley
Josh
BCW
Laila Milborrow
Pippa Lyons, Reuben Fourt-Wells
Tamara Mennell, Amy Richardson, Black Kite Studios
Daniel Heuser Prestes
Timothy Branche
Aisling Callaghan
Sarah Cayzer
Emma Harvey
Nancy Therrien
Zena Kamash
Susan Ogden
Max Fisher
James Taylor & Majella O'Connell
William Cattigan
Joshua Charles
Lindsay Wilson
John Miyasato
Kate Mercury
Jamie Renwick
Siranie VP
Desiree Bors
Sue Fujimoto
Matt Read
Louie Voigt
Jenni Evans
Coralie McKeivor
Lilly Ibelo
Alan and Margaret Thornton
Jillybean49
Sarah Jones
Calum Foskett
Rebecca T. Barber
Dr. Tangela Roberts
Tim Marshall
Victoria Maxa
Kathleen Kralowec
Daisy Mellors
QK
Joseph Taussig
Jonas Skafte
Suzanne Oatway
Amber Towers
Margaret Scheiner
Monica Coll (IG: @mambovida)
‘Lord’ Joseph Timothy Moloney
Caroline Allen
Marjan
Mike Topley
Alex Read
Emma Habershon
Lisa O’Donnell