Comments on: Directed Contemplative Writing—a variation on free writing http://www.riehlife.com/2008/07/01/directed-contempletive-writing-a-variation-on-free-writing/ Creating connections through the arts and across cultures Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Arletta http://www.riehlife.com/2008/07/01/directed-contempletive-writing-a-variation-on-free-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-3180 Arletta Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:24:47 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/2008/07/01/directed-contempletive-writing-a-variation-on-free-writing/#comment-3180 I am sitting in the meadow at Silver Creek in the High Sierras. Jim and Moses, our Basenji, are near, but I am alone. A soft wind stirs the grasses while a woodpecker thrums nearby. The aspen leaves gradually whip up ito a song. A poem tries to break through, but I resist, staying in the moment. This is a time and place to remain in, when my loved ones were still with me, when the future wasn't yet today. Thanks, Janet I am sitting in the meadow at Silver Creek in the High Sierras. Jim and Moses, our Basenji, are near, but I am alone. A soft wind stirs the grasses while a woodpecker thrums nearby. The aspen leaves gradually whip up ito a song. A poem tries to break through, but I resist, staying in the moment. This is a time and place to remain in, when my loved ones were still with me, when the future wasn't yet today.

Thanks, Janet

]]> By: Janet Riehl http://www.riehlife.com/2008/07/01/directed-contempletive-writing-a-variation-on-free-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-3176 Janet Riehl Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:51:47 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/2008/07/01/directed-contempletive-writing-a-variation-on-free-writing/#comment-3176 Yvonne...this is too funny! :-) The editor in you edits yourself as you write. This is really cool. Everyone writes so differently. My father has it all planned out in his head before he starts. If you want to experiment with the freewriting, blindfold yourself and just touchtype....or, take the keyboard away from the screen and go.....and just type as if talking to your best friend. On the other hand...what you're doing works for you...so, unless you need a new style, why worry? Janet Yvonne...this is too funny! :-) The editor in you edits yourself as you write. This is really cool. Everyone writes so differently. My father has it all planned out in his head before he starts.

If you want to experiment with the freewriting, blindfold yourself and just touchtype....or, take the keyboard away from the screen and go.....and just type as if talking to your best friend.

On the other hand...what you're doing works for you...so, unless you need a new style, why worry?

Janet

]]> By: yvonne perry http://www.riehlife.com/2008/07/01/directed-contempletive-writing-a-variation-on-free-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-3175 yvonne perry Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:14:44 +0000 http://www.riehlife.com/2008/07/01/directed-contempletive-writing-a-variation-on-free-writing/#comment-3175 It seems I do nothing in a traditional manner. I always write (even my first draft) on the computer and I tend to edit as I go. Free writing is something others do and I admire them for being able to not correct as they go. It seems I do nothing in a traditional manner. I always write (even my first draft) on the computer and I tend to edit as I go. Free writing is something others do and I admire them for being able to not correct as they go.

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