Janeth Canama

Why is it sometimes easier to start over than to edit an unrecognizable writing? So the downside of the free writing technique that I used is that if I don't edit it immediately, I don't remember what I meant when I wrote it. I f there are so many errors and mistakes then the task of editing it would be overwhelming. So sometimes it is easier to just start over with just the gist of the idea. The white ink method will be helpful in overcoming writer's block but it's quite challenging to edit what you've written. I guess the lesson there is that sometimes it's easier to start over than to fix something  unfixable .  It's a headache. This applies to life in general, not only writing. Sometimes we just have to let chaos take over and let things be, you know. I observed this when I tried to compile tweets so that I can write a post based on them but since my account is private it's time-consuming to try to collect them or to compile them into a coherent bod...

So I always wanted to write Like write about a lot of topics and ideas But I just never got going If you look at my blog I had a couple of posts But not many So I learned about this trick To stop myself from obsessively editing Or self critiquing Or self editing That prevents creativity to flow So what I did And I am it doing right now Is to make the font color white This way I won't have to see what I am typing previously So I am just in the moment Just in the moment I wont be consciously editing Or worrying Whether what I'm writing Or typing makes sense This way I won't be crippled by perfectionism This way I can let my thoughts flow freely --- This post was originally written on March 2018. Then edited for misspellings and typos on April 2020.