Updated means I've changed things up, added new ideas and exercises and links and cool stuff to freshen the classroom and offer different approaches. PS This month, starting October 24, I'm teaching updated versions of two of my favorite online classes. (If you have trouble with the link above, go to .za and search for Annie Proulx.)
#Writeway vs writeitnow pro#
Which do you like better? And once you're done, check out Annie Proulx's article to read more of why a pro recommends going slow. I'm guessing the freewrites will emerge differently. Do it first by hand, then on your computer. After my fast-moving linear self finally relaxes, I go in unexpected directions.įor your weekly writing exercise, set a timer and try the freewrite above for 10-20 minutes.
#Writeway vs writeitnow movie#
It feels frustrating, like watching a movie from the eighties (have you rented or downloaded one lately? know what I mean?), but slowness has its benefits. Writing by hand disengages that editor inside, to some extent. My editing brain engages, maybe just from the neurology of typing versus handwriting.
On my laptop, I freewrite quickly, but I also notice more attention to the way the words look, sound, fall on the page. One year I added a third step: "Imagine the character trying to hide the object." That generated very interesting scenes! Write about this character's hands" merging into "Now see something in those hands. Some prompts lead to another: "Imagine one of your characters. I present six prompts we write for 10 minutes on each. At my annual week-long writing retreats (January 14-18 in Tucson, March 24-29 in Santa Fe, July 22-26 on Madeline Island), we gather on Tuesday evening and let creativity surge up. I teach a whole retreat on storyboarding, but a few years ago I also offered an evening freewriting session after our storyboarding afternoon. Although slow writing might not foster linear activities, such as plotting and outlining, it works quite well with storyboarding, my favorite non-linear organization technique. Our fright/flight/fight response settles down which maybe allows freer access to the more random part of our creativity. The movement of the hand calms the vagus nerve, according to certain brain research I've read. Since I "grew up" as a writer on Natalie Goldberg's freewrites ( Writing Down the Bones) and Pam Painter's exercises ( What If?), I'm not a stranger to slow writing. Notebook and pen foster a different kind of writing, for me at least. There's a slow movement in writing, as in art and the food world and elsewhere, our attempt to counteract the panicked pace we live right now.
Of her five rules, two were about writing by hand.
It's always helpful to look into a respected writer's progress. But I like Proulx's work and I read her counsel, hoping for some inspiration for my current project. Even if you don't agree, the website (Writer's Write) is worth a visit. A reader sent me this link, a brief article by award-winning writer Annie Proulx on her five rules for good writing.
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