February Freewriting Challenge Update #2

We are halfway through the challenge! Woot woot!

And I have managed to keep up with my commitment of 7 freewriting sessions per week. As of now, they are still evenly spaced, one per day. It has been difficult to move away from my evening cram sessions because my notebook for freewriting is kept on my bedside table.

One session was moved away from the right-before-sleep strategy I’ve been employing. This one, I had fifteen minutes between the end of work and the beginning of a lecture I was attending. As a result, I opened up my computer, made a folder on GoogleDocs, and got to work.

The results? A whole new story that is now chasing after my brainstem, trying to take the reins to my brain.

I guess depending on the time of day, you can call upon different muses.

Learning Through Writing

The main thing I’ve learned through this process that ten minutes is a long time. A really long time if you don’t have an idea of where you are going.

At times, I will repeat a mantra, writing the sames words over and over again if I am waiting for the next idea to snag on the tip of my pen.

The ten minutes is, at once, challenging as it is humbling. It can be hard to fill up that time. But when you are able to keep the pen moving the entire time, you understand how much of an idea you can snag in just a few minutes, leaving it on the page for future use.

I’ve also learned that my handwriting is messy