Freewriting is a release from the prison of rules. It
Allows the fastest and deepest improvements to a writer's
creative process. Freewriting shows authors how to overcome
past resistance challenges. Either in writing, control, or
other fears. It returns the power of free thought. It also
renew the energy flow with the universal laws of
attraction.
Let me recommend that for this writing exercise you use pen
and paper. This way you can accomplish it anywhere – on a
metro, waiting for the plane to take off, before a meeting
starts or when you are waiting for someone. Laptops take
time to boot up, a precious time when memory can become an
endangered species.
This process is easy to remember, easy to complete, yet
needs pushing to start. The exercise only requires that you
write fast for 10 minutes. The goal is to let go of control
or any other block. Give your supraconscious, subconscious,
and conscious permission to let anything roll out.
Topic does not matter. Even if you start with monkeys, run
through the grocery or chore list, and finish up starting
the first chapter of a novel that you did not know you wanted
to write. You might even start and end on just one topic.
Allow and know all is perfect, no matter what appears.
This stream of conscious writing has few goals except to
write nonstop during the 10 minutes. Writing well, how fast
is fast for that particular writing, paragraph division,
spelling, grammar, or anything else does not matter. Just
keep the pen moving. If you can not remember a person's name
or place, leave a blank, eg, "______." Return later and
insert. If your mind goes blank, begin the next sentence
using the last one or two words from the previous sentence.
Let me make two suggestions. First, you will want to
remember to breathe normally through the exercise. It is not
uncommon to hold your breath or breathe very shallow during
the exercise. Actually, breath reduction is a common
occurrence during any type of timed writing. Breathing
controls the amount of oxygen that reaches the brain. Less
oxygen, less clear thinking, and yes, less creativity and
poor expression.
Second, please be careful not to let this exercise fall into
the category of journaling – personal writing – in other
words, all about you. If you are trying to move away from
journaling into other types of writing, or product
production, you will want to give up journaling for a short
time in order to allow the new process to take hold. Not
forever mind you, just a little while, while you learn to
open your writing to a higher level of purpose and
possibility. The freewriting exercise is one of the best
ways to transition to another style of writing.
If you prefer your freewriting exercise to have more focus,
you can begin with a concentrated statement. I do suggest
that you allow yourself to become comfortable with unfocused
freewriting before exploring concentrated freewriting. This
transition typically does not take long. Maybe a month or two,
if completing this exercise as frequently as once a day.
When beginning with a focus, write a question or statement
at the top of the page. Give yourself a minute or two to
reread the focus, let it swirl around in your mind, and then
begin writing. Still you do not want to control the freedom.
This means that if the topic begins to go south, give your
writing the generation that it needs to do so. If the thoughts
stop, you can easily reread the statement or question to
trigger the flow again. If you find that you repeat
yourself after a stop / trigger / start, let this occur as well.
You will find that the repeatually adds clarity.
A personal preference of mine is to keep my freewriting
exercise in a subject notebook. I write "FREERITE" on the
cover. Previously, when I used single sheets, they became
something else I needed to organize. The stack larger. I
wanted to toss them out but just could not for some reason.
The compromise was the notebook.
In the inside front cover, I wrote my contact information,
just in case I left it someplace. I number each page before
I start to write in the notebook. I also start a reverse
(from the back page inwards) table of contents, labeled
TOC1, TOC2, etc. in the upper corner. When I begin to start
my freewriting exercise, I record the date in the large
margin at the top, along with a circled 1. Meaning that is
page 1 for that date's freewrite. Then continue the process
with circle 2, etc.
Later, if I feel the material is ready to blossom, I type,
usually rewriting at the same time. Afterwards, I mark
those pages with a light slash corner to corner and write
"typed" in the top margin. After printing I sometimes, but
do not always remember, staple a copy to the page. I do so
in a manner whereas I can still read my original writing.
Sometimes after I finish my freewriting, and it is not ready
to be typed, it could be ready to outline. Since I'm a
trainer in Mindmapping (clustering), I might also outline in
the notebook.
Usually, I have no idea what is going to appear. It usually
takes more than one 10-minute freewrite to get to whatever
hopes to shine. Since I purposely wake up three hours early
every morning to devote to my writing, there is more than
one segment available for the sun to appear.
Scattered through my day I like to add a 10-minute
freewriting session. After a coaching call, reading, or
watching television. TV programs like, "The Associate"
trigger ideas and thoughts, but nothing concrete, and with
the freewriting exercise I can pull out what is gnawing at
my gut.
The best part of having my exercises in a notebook is being
able to reread and see my progress. Seeing the changes in
my style, language, and creativity is enough push for me to
keep completing the exercise day after day. Even years
after completing this exercise, I'm still delated with the
progress I'm seeing. Occidentally, I'm shocked with, "I.
wrote that. "Those are warm fuzzies all writer's need,
including me.
Allowed is a major principle under the Laws of Attraction.
Here are the 10 gifts that freewriting provides within the
principle of the Law of Allowed:
1. Allows the use of good time management skills.
2. Allows less negative energy expenditure for worry or
doubt and increases positive energy for creative allowance.
3. Allows separation between the production process and the
revising process.
4. Allows dancing around the inner critic.
5. Allows the writer to be in the present moment.
6. Allows the focus to transition from the result to the
process, thus reducing the pressure to produce.
7. Allows the mind and heart to melt together into
unpreceded language.
8. Allows a virgin flow of creativity to materialize.
9. Allows current emotion to manifest in the writing.
10. Allows a connection between your knowledge and the universal knowledge field.
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