FreewritingFreewriting

What it is:What it is:

To put it simply, Freewriting is getting To put it simply, Freewriting is getting your thoughts down with little to no your thoughts down with little to no struggle. This writing does not have a struggle. This writing does not have a specific boundary other than your specific boundary other than your understanding of what you wrote.understanding of what you wrote.

If you do not understand what you are If you do not understand what you are writing than use more descriptive writing than use more descriptive words!words!

Activity OneActivity One: Freewriting: Freewriting

For ten minutes write without stopping. This For ten minutes write without stopping. This kind of writing does not focus on whether kind of writing does not focus on whether your writing is good or even if it makes your writing is good or even if it makes sense.sense.

If you run out of things to say than simply If you run out of things to say than simply write down “I have nothing to say” or write write down “I have nothing to say” or write about how you feel at the moment. Keep about how you feel at the moment. Keep repeating until more words come.repeating until more words come.

Don’t worry about writing to fast or capturing Don’t worry about writing to fast or capturing everything that comes to mind.everything that comes to mind.

Activity TwoActivity Two: Focused : Focused FreewritingFreewriting

During this activity you need to write down During this activity you need to write down words quickly, without planning or worrying words quickly, without planning or worrying about quality. The kicker is that you need to about quality. The kicker is that you need to stay on one topic. Do this for ten minutes as stay on one topic. Do this for ten minutes as done previouslydone previously

If you need a topic than write about someone If you need a topic than write about someone that was important to your writing.that was important to your writing.

Break!Break!

A boat is at anchor. Over the side hangs a A boat is at anchor. Over the side hangs a rope ladder with rungs a foot apart. The tide rope ladder with rungs a foot apart. The tide rises at a rate of 10 inches per hour. At the rises at a rate of 10 inches per hour. At the end of six hours, how much of the rope end of six hours, how much of the rope ladder will remain above water, assuming ladder will remain above water, assuming that 10 feet were above the water when the that 10 feet were above the water when the tide began to rise?tide began to rise?

Answer?Answer?

Since the boat is afloat, the water level in Since the boat is afloat, the water level in relation to the ship stays the same. relation to the ship stays the same. Therefore, 10 feet are above water, just as Therefore, 10 feet are above water, just as the beginning! the beginning! 

TeaseTease

Objective: Connect all the dots aboveObjective: Connect all the dots above

Rules:Rules:

1. Get a piece of paper and draw the dots as 1. Get a piece of paper and draw the dots as shown.shown.

2. Use 4 straight lines2. Use 4 straight lines

3. Your pen or pencil cannot leave the paper3. Your pen or pencil cannot leave the paper

Activity ThreeActivity Three: : Clustering/MappingClustering/Mapping

Put the word ‘writing’ or ‘writer’ in the middle Put the word ‘writing’ or ‘writer’ in the middle of a sheet of paper. Jot down, around the of a sheet of paper. Jot down, around the word, all the words and concepts that you word, all the words and concepts that you associate with that writing.associate with that writing.

A cluster diagram is thus a “map” of how A cluster diagram is thus a “map” of how concepts and ideas and feelings live in your concepts and ideas and feelings live in your head. This is a good way to get possible head. This is a good way to get possible subtopics and connections.subtopics and connections.

Activity FourActivity Four: Invisible : Invisible WritingWriting

This activity requires you to either turn off This activity requires you to either turn off your monitor or lower your screen so you your monitor or lower your screen so you cannot see what you are writing.cannot see what you are writing.

Now, just as the second activity, take ten Now, just as the second activity, take ten minutes to write on a specific topic.minutes to write on a specific topic.

This activity will increase your concentration This activity will increase your concentration because you cannot pause to see what you because you cannot pause to see what you have written previously. Invisible writing have written previously. Invisible writing should help you realize how often you get should help you realize how often you get distracted from your topic.distracted from your topic.

These five activities should help you These five activities should help you with your continued writing by making with your continued writing by making you focus on writing itself and not the you focus on writing itself and not the very specific topics given for a paper.very specific topics given for a paper.