Here are some things you can use to help you push your thinking and add more elaboration to your Writer's Notebook entries: 

 

For example...

Another example is...

In addition...

This makes me realize...

This is important because...

This is giving me the idea that...

The reason for this is...

Another reason is...

This connects with...

On the other hand...

I partly disagree because...

This is similar to...

This is different from...

This might not be true, but could it be that...

I used to think...but now I realize...

What I think this says about me is that...

Many people think...but I think...