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What is free writing?

It is a training technique for writers.

Peter Elbow is often accredited with inventing this technique in his book, Writing Without Teachers, published in 1973.

“The consequence [of writing] is that you must start by writing the wrong meanings in the
wrong words; but keep writing until you get to the right meanings in the right words.
Only in the end will you know what you are saying.” – Peter Elbow, Writing Without Teachers

It is a way of honing your skills as a writer. But the idea behind the process has probably been around for much longer.

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