Free writing 434110 222749926 2008-06-30T22:38:57Z DOI bot 6652755 Citation maintenance. Added: volume. Formatted: title. You can [[WP:DOI|use this bot]] yourself! Please [[User:DOI_bot/bugs|report any bugs]]. '''Free writing''' - term applied to a [[technique]] used by mainly [[prose]] writers or teachers of writing. It refers to a method by which a writer can overcome blocks of apathy and self-criticism to produce a raw but often usable material. ==Definition== Based on the presumption that everybody has something to say and the ability to say it, however the mental wellspring may be blocked by apathy, self-criticism, resentment, anxiety about deadlines, fear of failure or censure, or other forms of resistance. The accepted rules of free-writing enable a writer to build up enough momentum to blast past any blocks into uninhibited flow, the concept outlined by teachers in writing such as [[Louise Dunlap]], [[Peter Elbow]], [[Natalie Goldberg]].<ref name=Cole2001>{{cite journal | author = Cole, A.L. | year = 2001 | title = The Thesis Journey: Travelling with Charley | journal = Brock Education | volume = 13 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–13 | url = http://www3.ed.brocku.ca/ojs/index.php/brocked/article/view/169/216 | accessdate = 2008-04-26 }}</ref> Free-writing is all about loosening and limbering the thought process, not about a product or a performance for a student or a writer.<ref name=Robinson1967>{{cite journal | author = Robinson, L. | year = 1967 | title = Guided writing and free writing }}</ref><ref name=Ross1967>{{cite journal | author = Ross, J. | year = 1967 | title = Guided Writing and Free Writing: A Textbook in Composition for English as a Second Language | journal = TESOL Quarterly | volume = 1 | issue = 2 | pages = 58–60 | url = http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0039-8322(196706)1%3A2%3C58%3AGWAFWA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-X | accessdate = 2008-04-26 | doi = 10.2307/3585756 }}</ref> ==Use in education== Often Free-writing workshops focuses on the self expression and sometimes even used in teaching to elementary school children, there is no common consensus on the acceptance of this technique.<ref name=Klingman1985>{{cite journal | author = Klingman, A. | year = 1985 | title = Free Writing: Evaluation of a Preventive Program with Elementary School Children | journal = Journal of School Psychology | volume = 23 | issue = 2 | pages = 167–75 | url = http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=EJ323302 | accessdate = 2008-04-26 | doi = 10.1016/0022-4405(85)90007-X }}</ref> ==Rules== Here are the essential rules that are often formulated for the beginners or students, often a paraphrase of Natalie Goldberg’s “Rules for Free Writing,” <ref name=Goldberg1986>{{cite journal | author = Goldberg, N. | year = 1986 | title = Writing down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within | url = http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=ED410590 | accessdate = 2008-04-26 }}</ref><ref name=Goldberg1990>{{cite book | author = Goldberg, N. | year = 1990 | title = Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life | publisher = Bantam Dell Pub Group | isbn = }}</ref> often referred to as ''Natalie Goldberg’s first four rules of writing'':<ref> Actual wording pf ''Writing down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within'' is as follows, some do not recommend last two rules: : 1. Keep your hand moving. (Don't pause to reread the line you have just written. That's stalling and trying to get control of what you're saying.) : 2. Don't cross out. (That's editing as you write. Even if you write something you didn't mean to write, leave it.) : 3. Don't worry about spelling, punctuation, grammar. (Don't even care about staying within the margins and lines on the page.) : 4. Lose control. : 5. Don't think. Don't get logical. : 6. Go for the jugular. (If something comes up in your writing that is scary or naked, dive right into it. It probably has lots of energy.)<font>'''</ref>'''</font><ref name=Miller>{{cite conference | author = Miller, M.M. | year = | title = The Spice of Writing: Extracurricular Projects for Technical Writers | conference = | booktitle = IPCC 92 Santa Fe. Crossing Frontiers. Conference Record | pages = 384-390 | publisher = | url = http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=673061 | conferenceurl = }}</ref><ref name=Upitis1998>{{cite journal | author = Upitis, R. | coauthors = Smithrim, K. | year = 1998 | title = Teacher development and elementary arts education | journal = B. Roberts | url = http://educ.queensu.ca/~arts/Ns_Arts_final_word_4.doc | accessdate = 2008-04-26 }}</ref> *Give yourself a time limit. Write for one or ten or twenty minutes, and then stop. *Keep your hand moving until the time is up. Do not pause to stare into space or to read what you’ve written. Write quickly but not in a hurry. *Pay no attention to grammar, spelling, punctuation, neatness, or style. Nobody else needs to read what you produce here. The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does. *If you get off the topic or run out of ideas, keep writing anyway. If necessary, write nonsense or whatever comes into your head, or simply scribble: anything to keep the hand moving. *If you feel bored or uncomfortable as you’re writing, ask yourself what’s bothering you—and write about that. Sometimes your creative energy is like water in a kinked hose, and before thoughts can flow on the topic at hand, you have to straighten the hose by attending to whatever is preoccupying you. *When the time is up, look over what you’ve written, and mark passages that contain ideas or phrases that might be worth keeping or elaborating on in a subsequent free-writing session. ==Disambiguation== It is sometimes called guided free-writing, but it can not be considered same or a specific form of [[automatic writing]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== {{cite journal | author = Goldberg, Natali | year = 1986 | title = Writing down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within | url = http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/recordDetail?accno=ED410590 }} ==See also== [[Natalie Goldberg]] ==Links== {{cite web |url=http://www.nataliegoldberg.com/ |title=NATALIE GOLDBERG |publisher=www.nataliegoldberg.com |accessdate=2008-04-26 |last= |first= }} {{cite web |url=http://www.doyletics.com/art/writingd.htm |title=Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg, An On Writing Reader's Treasury Review by Bobby Matherne |publisher=www.doyletics.com |accessdate=2008-04-26 |last= |first= }} [[Category:Writing systems]] [[Category:Books about writing]] [[Category:Literature in English]] [[Category:Writing instruments]] [[Category:Methods of writing]] [[Category:Literary genres]]