Scriveiner's Journal

How Pen Weight and Balance Affect Writing Comfort

Pick up two pens that weigh exactly the same on a scale, and they can feel completely different in the hand. One might sit comfortably through a long writing session; the other starts to feel heavy...

Notebook Sizes: A4, A5, A6 and B5 Compared

"A5" and "B5" get thrown around constantly when people talk about notebooks, but most of us have only a rough sense of what those letters and numbers actually mean in the hand. Knowing the real dim...

How to Choose a Pen for Work, Meetings and Notes

A good work pen isn't about which one looks the most impressive in a meeting, it's about whether it keeps up with how you actually work. Some days that means jotting a quick note before you forget ...

Why Fountain Pen Ink Bleeds Through Paper and How to Fix It

You're writing along, everything feels fine, and then you flip the page over and see it: ink that's gone straight through to the other side. Bleed-through is one of the most common frustrations fou...

What Is a Rollerball Pen? A Guide to How It Works and How to Choose One

A rollerball pen is a writing instrument that uses a small rotating ball in its tip to draw water-based ink from an internal reservoir onto the page. That ink is thin enough to flow with very lit...

Fountain Pen Paper Thickness: Is 100 GSM Enough?

If you've spent any time shopping for notebooks, you've probably seen GSM printed somewhere on the packaging and had no real sense of what it means for how the pen will actually feel on the page. I...

How Fountain Pen Friendly Paper Affects Your Writing

After the festive season, with several new notebooks and journals finding their way onto my desk, I was reminded once again how differently paper responds to variations in nib size and ink formulat...

What Is a Rollerball Pen? A Guide to How It Works and How to Choose One

Discover the answer to 'what is a rollerball pen?' in our expert guide. Explore its unique mechanics, elegant ink flow, and smooth writing experience.

Re-Freshman Year: If We Went Back to School Now, We Would Do This

In this article, we discuss how we would approach academia years if we went back to school knowing what we know now. We support our notion with research and a personal word. And yes, there is indee...

How to Keep a Travel Journal You'll Actually Reread

A photograph shows you where you stood. A travel journal returns you to how it felt to stand there. Most of us photograph a trip and journal almost nothing. The camera roll fills up, the days blur,...