Let the Flow of Freewriting Hold You Beyond All Distractions

When you write… Like a toddler in a tantrum making a mess, let it rip. Let the voice be unfettered. Let the page be filled. Go with what comes. Different one moment to the next. For a time, you write the sweetest truths. You write your long-held secrets so encapsulated you had forgotten you even… Continue reading Let the Flow of Freewriting Hold You Beyond All Distractions

Learn Story Structure By Reading the Synopsis

How to reverse engineer story structure by studying the blurbs and short summaries of stories you already know Maybe it’s true that reverse engineering is my favorite kind of engineering. If that is true, I wonder what that says about me? One thing I have been doing lately is digging to read the synopsis of… Continue reading Learn Story Structure By Reading the Synopsis

Try This Freewriting Exercise to Warm Up and Make Discoveries

Without a doubt, freewriting is the most direct method for productivity as a writer. When you freewrite you get to head straight to the source and write without stopping. Generally people see freewriting as a rigid or constrained exercise where you make yourself write without stopping. My suggestion is … yes, write without stopping, but… Continue reading Try This Freewriting Exercise to Warm Up and Make Discoveries