I Take Free-write Very Seriously and You Should Too.

    I look forward to free write every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday morning. I use it as a journal entry to jot down some things I need to get out of my head. 

    After reading my early free writes, it's clear that there's been some improvement. I can remember back to the beginning of the semester when I would write very formally. No emotion, no tone, no personality. It wasn't personal to me and it wasn't exactly my style of writing.

    As my free writes went on, I could see my personality come out more and more with each one. I'm using exclamation points. I'm using purposeful fragments. I can sense my emotion through my writing.

    It might have something to do with my chosen topics. Now that I know we won't turn them in, I write about things that I wouldn't necessarily share with others. I write about things that make me mad, things that make me upset, and things that I'm grateful for. I write about how I'm exploring different aspects of life. 

    I'm creating something special with my free writes. I'm learning more about myself through my free writes than I was before. I had no idea how much 5 minutes spent writing every week would impact me and my mood for the day.