I love how Murray talks about "the writer's eye" (133). It is so true that our memory captures pictures and stores them without our even remembering. Yet, when that memory is triggered through writing it is as if a closet is opened and the images tumble out. Who knew that so much was stored in my head? I absolutely adore the feeling of the flow of memories and thoughts being translated into words and written descriptions.
Murray captures it perfectly when he states that "the writer's eye provides the abundance the writer needs during writing" (137). As I write ideas flow, mental imagery unravels, and thoughts scramble to be expressed. I feel like all I need to write is my imagination unconstrained, my memory at its finest, and a handy dandy thesaurus for all the words I would love to use, but can't think of at the moment.
For these reasons, I love the practice of freewriting. Lauren mentioned it in a post awhile back. Basically, you have a topic and then just write as words come. The whole point is that you do not hold back your thoughts or creativity. It is such a releasing experience! If you have never done it before, I suggest you try it. It is a great way to start gaining a flow in writing and to re-teach your imagination to run wild. I find it is especially helpful when I am stuck trying to start a paper and I have no idea what to talk about. As I begin to freewrite, thoughts and ideas come and often it gives me a great starting point for my paper or at least it narrows my focus andor merely gets the juices flowing.
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I defiantly agree with free writing. I believe that is essential for all good writers to get into the habit of. It is an easy way to just let thoughts and your imagination become expressed. Your absolutely right that the whole point is to not hold back any creativity.
ReplyDeleteFree writing really is wonderful! I like what you said about it. I love how when we begin to write thoughts just come and flow so nicely. Yes, we might have to polish them up but it's a start! I completely agree with you about Murray's writer eye. It has made me more aware of all of the thoughts that run through my head as I write and how we begin in a sense to relive our past experiences just by writing about it. How we remember the smell of the air and all of the very specific things. Which make the writing piece different, unique, and completely enjoyable!
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