750 Words.com
What is this site about?
It's about learning a new habit:
Writing. Every. Day.
I've long been inspired by an idea I
first learned about in The Artist's Way called morning pages. Morning pages are
three pages of writing done every day, typically encouraged to be in "long
hand", typically done in the morning, that can be about anything and
everything that comes into your head. It's about getting it all out of your
head, and is not supposed to be edited or censored in any way. The idea is that
if you can get in the habit of writing three pages a day, that it will help
clear your mind and get the ideas flowing for the rest of the day. Unlike many
of the other exercises in that book, I found that this one actually worked and
was really really useful.
I've used the exercise as a great way
to think out loud without having to worry about half-formed ideas, random
tangents, private stuff, and all the other things in our heads that we often
filter out before ever voicing them or writing about them. It's a daily brain
dump. Over time, I've found that it's also very helpful as a tool to get
thoughts going that have become stuck, or to help get to the bottom of a rotten
mood.
Read on…
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