Posted on March 5, 2010 - by Denis

Quick Tip: How to get yourself into “Writing Mode”

You want to write but find it hard to get started? There is at least some level of inspiration to write that you experience but you’re having trouble putting out the first words and then some to get you into the state of flow?

Try this:

Open up an empty word processor and start typing by answering this question: “What do I want to write?” Don’t think about the answer, just write. Try to not even formulate words, sentences and more in your head but let those things take form only as soon as they go all the way through some part of your brain, through the nerves into your fingertips, onto the page in front of you by travelling as electrical impulses the whole way through the computer’s hardware until your eyes perceive them and bring them back into your brain again which then is allowed to take them in and understand them and reason about them, if it feels like doing so

Type out every answer that you get, drop all hesitation, just observe yourself as you function as a conductor for the ideas that flow from some most creative place that you so love tapping into.
While you’re being “neutral” in a certain sense you also want to make sure that the answers you type out are actually in alignment with your purpose. Bring your purpose for writing to mind before you begin this exercise, if you haven’t done so, and go back to your purpose briefly every time you feel like your answers are not as empowering, positive, supportive and encouraging as you’d love them to be!

Here are ideas for some more questions you can use:

Why do I want to write?
How do I want to feel when writing?
How do I want my writing to affect all the people who are going to read it?

Here’s also a sample of the output that I get from doing this exercise: Writing Mode Exercise Output

How does this exercise work for you? Did you already use this one? Do you have another question you like to do this exercise with? Do you have another favorite exercise or other suggestion for getting into “Writing Mode”? I’d love to hear your comments!

Until next time… follow your excitement!