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Today we’re talking about creative free writing.  The what, why, and how and it’s something that as a writer and
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entrepreneur helped me be more creative, get my day off to a great start and boost my productivity, and I then have a
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quick action step for you to take to get started freewriting. So what is freewriting?  It’s also called a stream of
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consciousness writing.  So it’s simply a set amount of time in which you write anything and everything that comes to

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your mind this could be for five minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or an hour.  Some writers might go a couple of hours. I would
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recommend to keep it short, especially at first, but it’s all up to the writer.  Freewriting is considered a prewriting
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a technique that can help a writer get ready for a productive period of writing.  It’s a time when all you do is write.  You don’t
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worry about spelling, your grammar, or writing an aging story for an audience. It’s not something you’re usually going
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to publish. So here are four reasons you should free write.  First, it’s practice. Practice makes perfect
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and for a writer’s free writing it’s fantastic practice without having the pressure of having to complete something.
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Sometimes it can be really stressful to have a deadline and the day you need to get done taking a break from that, free
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writing is a good way to get your mind off that and refresh it.  So number two is overcoming writer’s block since it’s a
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practice where you just keep writing no matter what, even if you’re writing about how frustrated you are you can’t think
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about what to write about.  It helps you get through that process to kind of talk it the situation out in your mind and
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just to write whatever comes to mind.  So number three it creates a routine as a writer or creative of any kind it does
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help to create a routine this gives your mind prepared for the day and can also pull out some really interesting things
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which is the fourth reason why you should free write which is you might just stumble on brilliance sometimes
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I’ve been trying to write about nothing clear my mind free right for fifteen minutes and something comes out that
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Spurs five or six article ideas things that I will plan out my skin – right not just due during free writing
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it started free writing first set a period of time whether it’s 5 10 15 minutes half an hour I would start small
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start with maybe 10 or 15 minutes I usually do 15 minutes when I free write the second step is to turn off all
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distractions you don’t want to be playing Netflix in the background or music with lyrics you could put on
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something nice and soothing that helps you think creatively but do make sure to turn off distractions and then just
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write for that full period of time when the period of time is up you stop writing now while you’re free writing if
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you can’t think of anything to write about write about not being able to think of anything to write about that’s
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part of the process it takes time and you’re not supposed to deliver any grand writing here this is part of a practice
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and it’s a really useful tool so I also will stream my creative writing sessions don’t do it if it’s a distraction I use
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watch new work and YouTube it helps me knowing that somebody might be watching me just to keep going no
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matter what now it’s your time to get started go ahead and set a timer I find timers on YouTube with a buzzer
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at the end go ahead and set it for 15 minutes and get started if you’d like to share what you’ve written please do I’d
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love to look it over even if you think it’s nonsense but if not feel free not to share as well but you can post in the
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comments below please do also subscribe to the channel for more great tips not just free writing the content writing of
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all kinds from creating business tag lines and mottos to writing blog posts thanks for watching this is Michael