Freewriting — Get into the Writing Flow

There is a small exercise that I do every morning to become a better writer (atm I am average at best).

Freewriting.

This technique is about getting into a flow state while writing. How do you achieve that?

Simple: You start writing and type every thought that goes through your mind for a period of 10 or 15 minutes. Try to keep typing even if you feel like editing the text or pausing and reflecting on your output. We want to avoid this, as it often blocks your best and most creative ideas.

Instead, you should let your raw and innermost thoughts come to the surface. Of course, you will often lose your train of thought or sometimes not even know what you should write about. Still, keep writing, even if you are just typing nonsense or blabbering.

Sooner or later, new ideas will pop up in your head.

In most cases, freewriting does not produce content that you can immediately publish. It’s more of an exercise to connect you with your creative side. If you use this exercise to create content for publication, I recommend editing it a few hours after freewriting, once you’ve gained some distance from the text. Writing and editing should never take place in the same session as they require different modes of thinking.