Comments on: 7 Habits of Highly Successful Freewriters http://writeabetternovel.net/7-habits-of-highly-successful-freewriters/ Practical wisdom for novelists and other storytellers Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Freewriting - a Game Your Unconscious Likes to Play » The Write Network http://writeabetternovel.net/7-habits-of-highly-successful-freewriters/comment-page-1/#comment-1313 Freewriting - a Game Your Unconscious Likes to Play » The Write Network Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:25:32 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=1314#comment-1313 [...] how many writers I meet who aren’t sure what freewriting is. I’ve already posted about what makes a successful freewriting session and who is responsible for “discovering fire” as it were. Now let’s back up and [...] [...] how many writers I meet who aren’t sure what freewriting is. I’ve already posted about what makes a successful freewriting session and who is responsible for “discovering fire” as it were. Now let’s back up and [...]

]]> By: Bill Henderson http://writeabetternovel.net/7-habits-of-highly-successful-freewriters/comment-page-1/#comment-374 Bill Henderson Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:19:25 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=1314#comment-374 That's exactly what it does, Laurin. It's the purest form of creative thinking I know of, besides dreaming--though some folks find it hard to accept that the writing IS the thinking. Like dreaming it draws directly on the unconscious, but unlike dreaming, it can be directed, focused on a specific question or problem area. That's why I think of it as a tool, and like any good tool, you should pick it up and use it whenever you need it. That’s exactly what it does, Laurin. It’s the purest form of creative thinking I know of, besides dreaming–though some folks find it hard to accept that the writing IS the thinking. Like dreaming it draws directly on the unconscious, but unlike dreaming, it can be directed, focused on a specific question or problem area. That’s why I think of it as a tool, and like any good tool, you should pick it up and use it whenever you need it.

]]> By: Laurin http://writeabetternovel.net/7-habits-of-highly-successful-freewriters/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Laurin Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:43:21 +0000 http://truevoice-blog.com/?p=1314#comment-371 This is a great technique when you're just starting a story and trying to discover it, but I use it even more when I'm deep into the first draft and get stuck. Freewriting, with its "permission" to write whatever floats through my mind, tends to dredge up real gems just when I thought the well was totally dry. Just discovered your blog a couple of days ago. It's very good! This is a great technique when you’re just starting a story and trying to discover it, but I use it even more when I’m deep into the first draft and get stuck. Freewriting, with its “permission” to write whatever floats through my mind, tends to dredge up real gems just when I thought the well was totally dry.

Just discovered your blog a couple of days ago. It’s very good!

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