Understand Your Thoughts

This is the first video in the Fortress of Solitude Journal ten-part series. Grab a pen and a journal. Watch this minilesson by a Superman comics writer and get ready to write in your own Fortress of Solitude!

Get Personal

In this second video, graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang explains how drawing can help you journal.

Communicate to the Future You

Great accomplishments can begin with a schedule! Watch graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang as he demonstrates in his third Fortress of Solitude Journal video.

Conversations

Chats and text exchanges have a place in journals?? Sure they do, says graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang in his fourth Fortress of Solitude Journal video.

About the Photo

In his fifth Fortress of Solitude Journal video, graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang shows how photos can enhance journal entries.

The Things You Miss

Gene Luen Yang explains how journaling about the things you miss can help you to cherish them more.

A Perfect Day

Gene Luen Yang helps young authors imagine their ideal day in their Fortress of Solitude Journal.

Hanging Out

Venture into the world of fantasy! As Gene Luen Yang demonstrates in this Fortress of Solitude Journal video, writing can be inspired by the books authors read. Which character will you hang out with today?

Your City

Join Superman writer Gene Luen Yang as he journals about an imaginary place in the DC Universe.

Your Superpower

What problem would you solve if you had a superpower? As Superman writer Gene Luen Yang demonstrates, using our imagination to think through problems can sometimes help us understand them better.