“Free writing Exercises ~ Dialogue” ~ Week two
Free writing is letting your thoughts flow as they will, writing down whatever ideas and thoughts come into your mind and not to produce pages of polished prose but a way to formulate ideas, warm your brain and simply just get yourself in a habit of thinking and writing. This is a place to reflect, make connections between your experiences while learning to put words on paper without judgments. Free writing is actually a loose unorganized way of writing for a period of time without stopping. The purpose of free writing is basically to continue to write random thoughts without correcting anything even misspelling the point is to just not stop writing.
The basic definition of Free writing or another term they call this style is “automatic writing”; this is stream of consciousness writing or a prewriting technique in which a person writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling, grammar or topic. (Resource: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free writing).
This type of writing is meant to expand our awareness and grow stronger writing muscles as we put pen to paper and write freely. I believe this is how we can developed stronger writing by simply just taking the time to practice writing openly without judging or critiquing as you put words and thoughts on paper without editing.
Free writing to me seems very flighty but yet is also very interesting as I think of it in a way to do just exactly as it states "Freely" write and not think about editing as your mind flows with thoughts and ideas and you allow yourself to babble.
I was somewhat skeptical about free writes simply because I am so use to being in control of my thoughts and how I write rather than just letting my pen meet the paper and my mind pour out what comes to it. I can honestly see how it can improve my writing in many ways without wasting my time as I originally thought. I can see how it will start to expand my mind with strong points of interest and ideas which will better reflect my opinions and meanings of what I am writing.
I believe I will take the advice that was suggested in this week’s reading and practice this at least three times a week to better improve my writing skills.
Hi Sam,
ReplyDeleteI liked how you defined a freewrite as a place to reflect and make connections. When I first learned about freewriting, I thought it was just a simple exercise a person can do, but after reading everyones idea of it, it really has more to it than just "writing anything". Physically, that's what we do, but what that freewrite does for us can be used many ways. It's a tool that expands our abilities.
Carrie
Hi Sam,
ReplyDeleteI find it hard sometimes to just free write also because you just don't have control and you want to edit what you write. But i have found it great because we can just get our thoughts on paper without worrying about someone judging our work.
John Lewis
Hi Daye!.I find it hard to,because im awful with spelling.Freewrites can be hard,but i believe it builds better writting and comprehension skills .Good luck ! :-)
ReplyDelete-Samantha Nichols
Daye,
ReplyDeleteI love how you stated that freewriting is a way of "formulating ideas, warm your brain"! I think you are so write because when we freewrite we are putting down our ideas and then later going back to them to produce a great paper. I relate to you to because I tend to not let my pen do the writing i tend to control its every written word.
XOchilt