Setting Your Writing Free

Hello, there. 

I’m writing this from the point of view of someone pretending to be me.

If that sounds weird, try being the person writing it.

Here’s what I’m getting at. When I write, words appear because I’m typing them. I tried it another way but the words are required. 

But there’s two ways to go about this writering malarkey. 

First, you can let the words flow without stopping them. Let ‘em out like wild things running amok. 

Or, you can control the flow. Like a fireman directing a hose at the base of the fire. With the water on, of course. 

The trouble is, the first technique means you don’t know what you’re going to get. 

And with the second one, it can be like trying to write through a tea strainer. 

So what’s a writerer supposed to do? 

When in doubt, let it out! That’s what I say! Let the words flow without interruption. After all, penguins can’t ride bicycles, so why should we hold back our thoughts?

The trouble with the tea strainer variety of writing is: it can sound forced. Like some evil muse was holding your hands to a hotplate and saying: “Ve hav vays of making you write!”
Now, I know not everything you write can be full of fun (although, why?).

But even the stuff that’s meant to be serious doesn’t have to be so up its own arse that it sounds like it is. 
Besides, I once saw a squirrel eating a slice of pizza, and it didn’t seem to care about tone at all.

So, readers, fear not. Let the words flow. Steer them if you must. But let them be themselves. 

Your writing will sound far more natural. 

Now, must run. My next idea just demanded a mug of coffee.