WRITER'S BLOCK: THE PITFALLS OF DOING ONLY FOCUSED WRITING

I have not talked a great deal about focused writing.  The reason for this is that without writing — that is, freewriting — there is unlikely to be focused writing that is gratifying.  Also, if there is focused writing, it is unlikely to have energy because it will not be coming from our creative selves.

Anyone who is reading this likely has learned how to write.  But, they have not necessarily learned how to write with energy.  Rather, they will have learned to write technically… often from a formal outline.  It's how I learned to write… right up through my PhD Dissertation, at which point I had simply had enough.

Being fed up, I began, on my own, to simply write.  Whatever came to me… At that point, there was a lot of poetry, and lyrics for songs.

It's been over 25 years.  And when I look back at my writing in those years, I see that it was technically good.  But, writing has been more fun since I have felt myself a part of the process.

Too many people who write because they believe they have to do not enjoy the process.  It doesn't have to be that way.  With skills they've already learned, they can contact the writer within and bring energy and joy to their writing, even to their focused writing.

for more on the writing process, see OVERCOME WRITER'S BLOCK EASILY.