keeping a diary in english is one of the effective ways to improve our english writing ability. it can help us develop the habit of thinking in english. almost all students don’t know what to write in english at the beginning. i had the same experience. but i just keep writing down everything happened to be in my mind. i will turn to a dictionary if i come across any words that i don’t know how to express. the second day,  i just do the same. then i keep on writing every day. maybe the things i write at first cannot be called an article, or even a sentence. it doesn’t matter. i do understand that it needs time to get myself used to thinking in a different way. time can prove my efforts will not end in vain.