Free writing

Free writing is a technique in which you just write down whatever is going through your mind. Sometimes this is called stream-of-consciousness writing. Think of your thoughts as a river running through your head.  As we have discussed in class, the first step in writing is always thinking and brainstorming to organize your thoughts on a topic.  In free writing, you are still thinking first and letting your thoughts guide your writing. When you free write, your writing probably won't be very organized and coherent, but your writing will document to some extent the random thoughts that are flowing constantly through your mind. You might discover something about yourself that you didn't know because we are not always aware of the thoughts that are going on in our heads.  One thing is for sure, we all have thousands of thoughts every day, so there are always plenty of thoughts to write down. You may try this technique in your daily journal for this class, especially if you have writer's block.  Give it a try and see what you think!