How to develop creativity with the help of Free writing

What is Free writing?

I have had to tell you about three tools that help creatively solve problems and find great ideas: Association, empathy map and Scamper.

Today will discuss the development of creativity using a writing practice - Free writing. The bottom line - you have to take a sheet and a pen to write on the sheet on top of the issue, which will try to find the answer, and write a timer for 5, 7, 10 or 15 minutes (by practicing, you will find your ideal time) all what you think on this account. Once the time is up, stop.

This writing practice - a symbiosis of a single brainstorming and meditation.

The word "Free writing" slowly but surely penetrated into our language. Translates it as "free writing". Often they use the name of the method of "writing practice" or "morning pages".

The tool is very effective. I know people who using Free writing write books, implementing large and complex projects. Free writing himself practicing for several years, using it launched its online courses on creativity.

I love the quote where Nikolai Gogol meets Vladimir Sollogoub who complains that he "is not written":

"And you still write... Take a pretty feather, sharpen it properly, put in front of a sheet of paper and begin thus:" I am now something is not written. " Write it many times in a row, and suddenly you'll have a good idea in my head! Then another, a third, because otherwise no one writes, and people overwhelmed with constant inspiration, rare, Vladimir. "

How it works?

In this world, everything has rules. Here and Free writing they are. Six of them, perhaps you will have your personal. Like the original set of books Marc Levy "Genius to order":

1. Do not use super efforts.
2. Write rapidly and continuously.
3. Work hard in the time frame.
4. Write as you think.
5. Develop the idea.
6. Reorient your attention.

You can find a lot of sites, which shows these rules and explanations for them. I will not write too much, confine one or two sentences, as I understand them. Especially in the end of this post will be helpful links about Free writing.

1. You need to write fast, faster than you would normally. But if suddenly the hand starts to close, it means that you are in a hurry. You need to slow down.
2. There are no rules of grammar, spelling, punctuation, you can not keep. Do not go back to an already written word. Need a stream just write. I do not like that made a mistake in the word - rewrite the whole word. We realized that the need to write something else - just start writing more. You can not stop. Disappeared the idea - write the last word several times, as advised by his friend Nikolai Gogol.
3. Start the timer - start immediately. Timer load - stops. Do not need to build upon and logically complete. Stop immediately. If the crest of your mind a brilliant idea, you are nowhere on it does not go anywhere.
4. Marc Levy has the term "kitchen language": Imagine that you are chatting with a friend in the kitchen. I do not think you are using a "nonsense" and "Office of the" conversation. You talk in plain language, that's the way it should write. Imagine that it is a dialogue with oneself. You will not soar yourself arcane phrases and words?
5. In the process, you will appear more and more new ideas and thoughts that cling to the previous and develop. This streaming method. You can use the technique of "Five" why "," who came up and is actively used in the Toyota.
6. Start with interference thinking. Aiming - a particular phrase or question, determine the direction of writing. Lost in thought? Go back to the tip.

Why do I live?

It's simple: this tool for brainstorming and answering questions to plan your project or just a day, to develop scenarios and content creation. It can be used in place of meditation, or in addition to it. He is always at hand, allows cool results. 5-7 minutes - and you are happy. And if you do not like to write by hand, typed on the keyboard.

Where can I start?

Do exercise for 7 minutes. Write everything you think on this subject: "From what I can give up to me appeared on Free writing and meditation extra hour of time a day."