Explore your thoughts by putting them down in writing without censoring yourself:

Stream of Consciousness Writing

Deb, this is a great idea. Those who participate in National Write a Book in a Month challenges swear by this method!

My sister has told me the majority of my life, to write my thoughts down, but i don�t feel comfortable doing this, what if somebody reads my thoughts,that has no buisiness reading them. They belong to me.

Leah - I can't imagine trying to write a book in one month!

Flower - The major point in doing the writing is getting your thoughts out of your head and on to the paper. You are right - it isn't anyone's business but you're own AND you need to be able to write everything you are thinking without having to edit it for the possibility that someone else will be reading it! If you're worried about someone reading your writing, you could always burn or shred the papers when you're finished. You could also invest in a lock box to keep your papers in.

Debbie, you are right about that,burning them sounds good. I will try free writing with out editing, and shortly after i will burn it.

Let me know how it works for you!
Sometimes I like being able to look over what I've written in the past to see how I have or have not progressed in certain areas. Other times, the simple act of writing things out gives me the clarity I was looking for in the situation and I don't need to reread the information again.

Good Luck!

Hi Debbie, so i�ve written some thought down, and i didn�t burn them i decided to lock them up so i can take at a look at them at a later time in life, it might come in useful later. And i feel better now that i�ve let some thought out, like a stone taken off my chest. Thanks for the addvise.

Hi Flower,
Thank you for sharing! I'm so glad it's helping you. I hope you find what you're looking for within your own words

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Interesting.

I do that often during times right after meditating and praying. I have what I call "prayer journals." I've written in them for years. I have written things in 1996 that I had absolutely no connection at the time, then I've gone back and read it 10 years later, and a light goes on. I write whatever comes into my spirit during those quiet moments without editing, monitoring my thoughts, or criticizing what I wrote.

Julia Cameron in her book The Artists Way talks of writing Morning Pages in this stream of consciousness type form.

Also, many, many years ago I found a book by Peter Elbow called Writing Without Teachers helpful - he talked of Freewriting, writing without stopping...

Very interesting...!!! Good luck.

Within a week or two after writing this article, I pulled my copy of The Artists Way off of my shelf and started reading it again. Although I enjoy using the stream of consciousness writing style, I had completely forgotten about her "morning pages" No matter what name you give it, it is definitely a very powerful way of writing.

I'll have to check out the book by Peter Elbow also, Thank you, Asha.

I realise re. the Peter Elbow book I wrote "writing without stopping" when of course you have to stop at some point! The important thing was to write for a designated length of time and keep writing, not take your pen off the paper (or I guess stop typing), but to keep writing something. Let me know what you think of the book when you get round to it Debbie.

Wow, this is interesting, writing what inside our mind and thoughts. Cool and exciting.

Asha - I'll definitely let you know I appreciate the suggestion!

lizayuen - Cool and exciting indeed, sometimes you'll even surprise yourself with the "stuff" that's in there.

"Cool and exciting indeed, sometimes you'll even surprise yourself with the "stuff" that's in there."

Really, that's cool I will try that when i got home. Thanks.