Posts Tagged ‘how to freewrite’

Many people who want to write a book find it hard to know where to begin. They just don’t ‘get’ how the top authors can sit at their computer and tap away frantically on their computers to keep up with the tirade of words flowing from their heads.

When I settle down to work on my book I enter a trance-like state and I’m convinced that the words don’t come from my mind. Sometimes words I don’t even know the meaning of tumble out. Once I’d never even come across a word which turned up on my manuscript. Oftentimes when I’m reading my work back I don’t even remember constructing a particular paragraph!

This zen-like state of prime creativity is better known as ‘flow.’

A good way to practise achieving flow with your writing is to engage in a daily session of freewriting.

Sit yourself down with a notepad and pen in an area where you feel comfortable and pick a subject. Any subject. Then without thinking, editing, analysing or fretting, simply write whatever comes into your head about that subject. Don’t even pause for a breath. Just get all those words down on to paper. Don’t worry about punctuation, spellings, or grammar, just  write, write, write. Write like you’ve never written before. Think of that scene in Forest Gump “run forest, run!” But swap the running for writing.

The beauty of freewriting is that it allows you to experience that trance-like state I mentioned earlier, called flow.

And after a little practise you’ll be able to tap into this feeling at will. Just like those best-selling authors!

Love & Light

The Word Queen xx