Summary: In which Robynne and Jane talk about how freewriting can help develop your skillset, perspective, and even your writing voice. What is freewriting? Many things. It’s sitting down and writing without a goal. It’s writing inspired by a certain picture. It’s writing to defined and stated parameters for a specific amount of time, but without a real goal. It’s any kind of writing where you are unsure of the outcome and are writing to see what comes out.<br> But why do it? Why do we take time out of our precious writing time to work for seemingly no goal? Oh! The many benefits! Jane leads with a wonderful reason … freewriting can help clear emotional gunk. Robynne adds that freewriting can serve as a sort of literary “cup of coffee,” to wake the brain and get warmed up before settling down to goal-oriented writing. It’s also invaluable in providing insight into a conflict, a character, or a relationship. We can freewrite a scene from another point of view to understand our characters, whether they are fiction or real, and see them from a new perspective. This can help us develop the complexity of characters and situations. And who doesn’t like richness in writing?<br>
