Free-Writing

1. Free-Writing Written and compiled by Miss Dana Shaaban

2. Free-writing • Like pouring all of your thoughts onto paper • Don’t take your pen off the page; keep writing for the entire time. Even if you cannot think of anything write “I cannot write” or anything else until something comes to your mind. • Just write about anything. The important thing is to start writing and keep writing! • Don’t try to sort “good” and “bad” ideas. • Don’t worry about spelling and grammar.

3. ?????? Maybe I could say this or maybe I could say that… hmmm When is free-writing helpful? • When you have NO idea about the topic • When you have TOO many ideas about the topic

4. Example of free-writing • Write about the following topic: Talk about a scary dream you once had. In my dream, I was coming back home from school really late. There were no lights in the street and I could hear the sounds of meowing cats and barking dogs. I walked faster and faster and almost fell into a big puddle of mud. Suddenly I saw a big man with a mask on his face. He told me to give him my money. I threw a rock at him and ran home. When I opened the door I found the man sitting in my favorite chair!