Free Writing

An early project in this course is to engage in free writing. Never having heard this expression, I read the description carefully, and to be frank was very dubious about the usefulness of such an exercise.

Just shows what I know doesn't it. I have been amazed by the ease in which this apparent pointless rambling proves useful, both in throwing up interesting leads to follow, and also in opening my mind and easing the process of more structured, targetted writing.

An early lesson then in keeping an open mind when embarking on something new.