Writing motivation lose control

Writing motivation lose control

This is rule number two from the wonderful book Wild Mind and it is lose control. If you are already following rule number one which is keep your hand moving

Lose Control

If you are already following rule number one then rule number two follows along with it quite easily and naturally. If you already committed to writing in the flow, writing without stopping, then losing control is part and parcel with that isn’t it?

How can you keep your hand and therefore your mind flowing without losing control to some extent?

 

But – what is it that you are losing control of?

You are losing control of your editing mind, which is like some kind of school marm librarian sitting back in your cerebellum and saying: “You know that wasn’t perfect grammar just there you better go back and fix it!”

Or your editing mind might be an image or feeling back there of readers reading what you are writing and saying “this is trash” or something along those lines. Those thoughts and images and feelings are total buzzkills aren’t they?

So the way around that is to lose control

In the music world possibly the most famous example of writing in the flow is Handel’s Messiah which was written almost nonstop over 2 or so days. Quite obviously it was written in a state of divine inspiration as opposed to writing in a controlled state.

For your writing motivation if you lose control then you’ve taken away the gatekeeper or the old lady or the grumpy reader or your own inner critic by simply deciding that your writing during this period of time will not, absolutely will not be monitored and controlled. See the simple mechanics on how to do that in rule number one.

I think you will find that losing control while writing makes writing a considerably more pleasurable experience than it ever has been for you. Give it a try!