FREE YOUR MIND

Don't "make" your mind do anything. We are told to sit in our chair and wait for the muse to arrive, but what we usually do, if we will admit it, is sit there, hands on the keyboard, willing or making ourselves write--something, anything. We have this fear of not putting something on that darned screen so we "strain our brain" to make writing happen.

Maybe this has its place in our scheme of writing, but it is not always the best avenue for our creative minds to drive down. More often than not, we should simply get out of the way and let creativity happen. Listen to what is going on in our head. Record our thoughts, even though they make seem wildly rambling, and let our mind roll along at its own pace. If we do what Julia Cameron says, get up each morning and do our "morning papers" or writing practice, most of us will find our groove.

Our minds leap around. If we allow it to leap, our writing will probably do the same. Try it. If your mind is like mine, it will jump, hop, skip from one thought to the other. Each thought will lead to the other. Write down as much of these thought experiences as you can; notes of our thoughts will lead us to writing that we never thought possible.

Let your mind run wild. And enjoy the adventure.