Get Yourself Out of Writer's Block with Free Writing Exercises:
Free writing is helpful when you need to get out of a writer's block. The material you write while engaging in this exercise, actually brings up things you never thought you would write about. Believe me, I have tried it and end up having a few good laughs at some of the stuff I have written. Try it, don't be afraid to let me know what you think of this type of writing exercise. Contact me at chrissy.mcfarlane@gmail.com
Free writing follows these simple
guidelines:
•
Write
nonstop for a set period of time (10–20 minutes).
•
Do not
make corrections as you write.
•
Keep
writing; even if you have to write something like, "I don't know what to
write."
•
Write
whatever comes into your mind.
•
Do not
judge or censor what you are writing, just let your writing flow.
Free writing has these
benefits:
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It makes you more
comfortable with the act of writing.
•
It helps you bypass
the "inner critic"
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It can be a valve
to release inner tensions.
•
It can help you
discover things to write about.
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It can indirectly
improve your formal writing.
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It can be fun.
Lastly:
•
Use the writing
tool that is most comfortable for you— pencil, computer, or whatever.
•
Don't cross
anything out: Write the new idea down; leave the old one.
•
Drop all
punctuation. That can make your free writing faster and more fluent.
Happy
Writing!!!
(content on free writing guidelines and the benefits are borrowed from http://web.mst.edu/~gdoty/classes/concepts-practices/free-writing.html)
Coming this week:
My next blog post will be a review of the "Aboriginal People, Resilience and the Residential School Legacy" from the Aboriginal Healing Foundation (AHF) Research Series books and then I will have a guest post write up about the AHF by Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux.
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