4/30 Inspiration for writers: Make real progress on writing you can publish

Some people think that free-writing is a waste of time, because it might not be publishable or useful. I can assure you that this method does yield work that is ready for the world. Frankly, I don’t know any writer that doesn’t need some editing. Of course your free-writing will need revising.

For me, free-writing lets me get a start. It gives me a method to get my words out so I can sculpt them later. ALL the things I have written – books, course materials, articles and my novel all started with free-writes. And I have been told that the best, freshest writing in my novel were the parts that were barely edited free-writes.

So the idea that free-writing is just journaling and a potential waste of time – not always true.

Prompt: Writing freely allows me to…

This is part of a 30-day series focused on how free-writing can change your life. Start at the beginning here.