I’ve been reading a lot about “freewriting” lately. I must admit, at first it seemed a bit too touchy-feely. But as I read more about how to do it, and the purpose, I came intrigued. Soon, I was finding myself practicing it. It is easy, freeing, and makes me a better writer.
Here’s an article from Writers Digest to get you going.
As a writer, your constant companion is the blank page. Yet no matter how many times you face it and commit to penetrating its force field, you might still feel your hair blowing back and every fiber of your being resisting the task at hand. When you’re stuck, I believe the antidote is to write—but not for the project you’re trying unsuccessfully to accomplish. Instead, you need the kind of writing that moves like water downhill. The kind of writing that is trying to accomplish absolutely nothing. Freewriting. Freewriting is a practice of nonattachment. You write words on a page, for a set period of time, without stopping. The point is to generate without forethought, to move beyond your judging and editing mind, to simply move freely across a page. For the pleasure of it. For the momentum of it. To witness yourself in motion, and to discover the […]
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