Freewrite

Freewrite 1/09/2015

Prompt word ‘frighten’. (fairly unfocused).

Frighten, wide eyes, eyes widened, deers in the headlight cowering down inside of yourself without mercy cold hardened outside, shutting self off from the world outside, inside a turmoil of anxiety and panic, panicking, sweating palms, sweating dripping down your forehead, blinking away the tears of what do I do next, not knowing, fear of the unknown, death, aliens, dying young, the fear of dying, basic human fear and instinct, instinctual – adrenaline, running away, fight or flight, imposing fear, causing fear, power play, using fear as a weapon, an instrument, making someone fear you, using fear to control, enacting your power, acting upon power, powerful, people in positions of power, politicians, leaders, kings and queens, emperors, evil queen, fairytale, fairy story, dark grimm brothers, fear of not being good enough, giving into temptation, peer pressure, moral tales, aesops fables, fable, game, strength skill or will, different types of expertise, talents, jack of all trades master of none, being good at something, fear of failure, scaredy cat, cats, Halloween, fear, dark black witches, wizards, warlocks, magic, dark magic, unholy magic, resurrection, necromancy, wickedness, evil, darkness, great evil, overcoming evil, utilising fear to make yourself stronger, fear is a tool for good and evil, for purpose. Fear can be used for more than power and control – control by others and controlling your own emotions and actions.  

FEAR AS EMOTION AND AS A TOOL

So I just completed one of my first freewrites in ages. I think I'm still getting the hang of this. I notice with  my freewrites that I tend to just use phrases and words which are associated with each other, rather than full on sentences. I think this might be a product of giving myself an unfocused freewrite, rather than focusing on one idea or subject. I think using just one 'word' might also be part of why I only use phrases and other words to associate and freewrite. 

IDK :) practicing this process will no doubt help, and unlock lots of interesting things. I got advised to write down a sentence at the end of my freewrite which encompasses the main ideas unlocked through the freewrite, or brings me back to a general sense of what the freewrite was about. 

I also revised the amount of time I need to do this exercise for - 5-10 minutes is enough, rather than 20. :)