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Most of the information presented here is based on my experience, on the spot findings, and progress in my own freelance writing career.

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Freelance Tips - August 2008

Free-writing Will Free Your Mind

August 22nd 2008 23:19

Anyone who has known me for any length of time knows that I’m a fanatic about writing in journals. I’ve written in them since I was eleven and I don’t see myself stopping anytime soon. I love putting pen to paper and this helps me achieve what I love the most – the actual “act” of writing.

Free-writing in my journals has helped me free my mind and open myself up to a lot of topics I may not have explored previously. The act of exploring new ideas, understanding feelings, sorting out events from the day, or venting about things that are out of my control has provided the foundation for many pieces of writing.

I don’t write as much as I used (pages), but I do write as often (between one and three times per day). It seems I always have something to say, something to figure out, or something I want to remember. If it wasn’t for my journal writing over the years, many things that I’ve experienced would have been lost forever (I read through things and can’t remember writing it, let alone experiencing it.)

Do you keep a journal as a way to create a writing foundation? Does free-writing in your journal allow you to open your mind up to topics worth exploring in your writing career? If you don’t keep a journal, is this something you’ve wanted to try?

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Comment by born2me

August 23rd 2008 15:05

Free writing intimidates me. My internal editor is too intense, too unstoppable, so I've rarely had any success with handwritten journals. I have to use a keyboard, where I can edit as I write.

Comment by Jenn Hollowell

August 23rd 2008 15:08

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Reality Mom

Have you tried doing morning pages to help ease your inner critic? I used them to stifle mine, and now I use them to keep things cleansed and on track. There are no rules with morning pages - no grammar, no punctuation, no sentence structure. Just write. No one will be reading the words, not even you, so there's no need for anything to be neat, perfect, or correct.

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