Freestyle Writing and Why It’s Great

ALL DIGITAL EDITION BOOK COVERS ARE HYPERLINKED - CLICK THEM is less than that from a prestigious award source. And since the reader does not care, what’s the harm?

Life and modern society is awash with lies, half-truths and exaggerations. We wear clothing to look better. Women use makeup to enhance their natural features. Our mannerisms and affectations are such to enhance our persona. If an award is an embellishment, then let it be one that helps you to strive to be better rather than use it as a crutch to validate your self-esteem.

There are many established and reputable quality awards out there, many difficult to win. But then that is what excellence is supposed to be about.

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The Value of Freestyle Writing

Freestyle writing means to simply write without thought of grammar, spelling, formatting, or any of the conventional rules.

The benefit of freestyle writing is to unleash the creativity of your mind, allowing you to express avenues of a story without any distraction or concerns.

Here are a few: •BookBrowse Awards •Pulitzer Prize Winners •Booker Prize •The John Newbery Medal •Michael Printz Award •Edgar Awards •National Book Critics Circle Award •National Book Awards •Costa Book Awards •Women’s Prize for Fiction •PEN/Bellwether Prize

Beware that some award mills are really sticker businesses—after you win they want to sell you stickers to put on your book.

To find a list of awards out there and where they stand, The Alliance of Independent Authors has create done. You can find it HERE https://selfpublishingadvice.org/author-awards-contests-rated-reviewed/

greater insights?

Many authors find that as their mind wanders within the context of what they are working on, greater insights, ideas, storylines often appear in greater detail, far more expressively than writing conventionally. the value of notebooks

Bring a notebook with you and jot down what you see. Sit at a park bench and watch the world pass by. Sit alone in a restaurant and observe the people there, their mannerisms, conversations, appearance, gestures. All these things will pour onto your page, details that you may have otherwise overlooked in your haste to construct a story.

Include your feelings as you write. What emotions are evoked? What about your energy level?

Stages of FReestyle writing

The first stage is the freestyle writing itself. Once you have completed it you are ready to rewrite it into something more cohesive, tighter, more polished, devoid of errors. You may wish to revise and change some of what you wrote—often added thoughts will enter at a later time, and you may find you wish to adjust what you wrote.

Finally, the last stage is editing your work and getting it ready for its intended use.