For the past couple of weeks in class, we have been taking time to listen to quotes and passages from Letters to a Young Poet. After the passage was finished being read, everyone would just privately jot down their ideas, and whatever thoughts came into their mind about the topic. This would all be done privately, so everyone was able to express themselves however they wanted without worrying about feeling judged by others.
I found that under these circumstances, I could write anything that came to my mind without worrying about what other people thought of my work. It really showed that I was using my own voice to write down my ideas. I noticed that I was able to continuously write down all my ideas, and if I did have a break in my thoughts, I was able to give myself time to think of a good thought to record.
I was shocked to find that if I just tried to continuously write without worrying about other's opinion on my work, it was much easier to come up with a good idea. Even if I had to stop writing to think, I found that if I just kept spewing words out of my brain onto paper, I came up with some good thoughts.
The way that I will carry this strategy of "never stop writing" forward with me into my future is that whenever I'm writing something for college, I will just keep writing my ideas down. Even if some of the ideas that I put onto paper turn out to not work out for the certain topic, I can always use what I wrote to think of more ideas to make a better paper. I think it will help my writing a lot in the future.
Another way that I'll carry this forward is into my work field. I want to be a journalist, so I feel like if I continuously write down my opinions, I can eventually piece them together to create a good report or news section. I believe that this will be a very important strategy to my future success.
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