A product of Free Writing
Day 3 of my writing challenge. Prompt - Learn to Free Write
What is Free Writing?
Free writing is a prewriting technique in which a person
writes continuously for a set period of time without regard to spelling,
grammar, or topic. It produces raw, often unusable material, but helps writers
overcome blocks of apathy and self-criticism. It is used mainly by prose writers
and writing teachers. Some writers use
the technique to collect initial thoughts and ideas on a topic, often as a
preliminary to formal writing. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_writing)
A product of Free Writing
Back in October I just decided to write for
Writehere.com. I didn’t think of anything , all I want is to write.
The first topic I have written was “The Power of BeingFinancially Stable” I was not an expert in financial matters I just thought it
is a very important aspect to have a
better life. So I wrote it without thinking of any criticisms I will get from
people who will read it.
When I write, I don’t just write I felt I needed to edit
but I guess today I will follow the prompt of the day although I can’t help
myself but erase, edit, but this time I guess I need to let go.
Today I wanted to do some editing with the first 3 topics
I’ve written for the past 3 days. My plan is to publish it today but I am
scheduled to work on my regular job this afternoon so I will probably do it later
if I am not too tired.
As usual, I woke up early for my daughter but she has a
headache so she didn’t go to school. I
went back to bed to hopefully get enough sleep since I went last night at past
12midnight and woke up this morning at 6:30am. Unfortunately, my mind was already busy with
what I want to do so I just went downstairs after uttering a prayer.
The first thing I did was to drink my warm lemon water
and 3 glasses of water. I have been doing this for 2 years now, it became a
habit and a morning routine. It has good benefits like cleansing the body system
and also helps in losing weight, the only disadvantage is that I need to go to
the toilet more often.
Then I connect the laptop to the television to do the day
4 of my weight loss challenge. It was a kickboxing for more than 30 minutes and
I tell you it was one heck of a workout.
I have been trying to lose weight since November 2012 and
tried a few weight loss programs which benefited me as I lost 10 kilos since
then.
I joined the challenge to test myself if I can do it and just like this writing challenge, I am
happy that so far I’ve been doing the 2 challenges without fail.
Since I started writing in October last year I removed
all the feelings of fear. I let go of any doubt. I know that I will be opening
up myself to the public and hopefully my writings will be well read and
accepted.
So far I have published 8 topics, the first one was
mentioned above.
The second one was “The Joy and Pain of Being a mother”
which is a story of my dearest mother and what she went through likewise what I and a lot of people can learn from loss of a love one.
Then the 3rd
and 4th blog was a 2 part story titled “Some good things never really last” which was about a very dear friend who genuinely loved and
lost and how she overcame it.
The 4th one was “Praying unceasingly in the Midst of Crisis” which I wrote when Haiyan storm hit the Philippines.
The 6th 7th
and 8th was a trilogy of “Is there life after teaching” which is
basically about my life as a nurse
educator and what I have learned from it.
All of the above was written within 3 months, not bad but
not that good either, I should have written more. The only consolation I tell
myself is that I was able to start writing which is one of the most important
things I want to build and get better at.
Now that I’ve decided to join this challenge “My 500
words” I promised to finish and produce a topic every day for 31 days with 500
words or more.
Would you like to try free writing? I encourage you to do it. It will open up new opportunities that you once thought you are not capable of doing. You will be thankful you did.
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