FREE RANGE writing
Bee aware
Jenny Alexander helps you get the writing buzz in these bee-themed exercises
Jenny Alexander
Using awareness and celebration days through the year for creative inspiration means taking time to think about aspects of everyday life that we might not normally give much thought to, and Don’t Step on a Bee Day, coming up in July, is a chance to notice and treasure some wonderful creatures that are so important to the wellbeing of the planet, holding them in our imagination, emotions and ideas through different kinds of writing.
You know the rule: stick to the timings!
Memoir
Stream of consciousness writing – sometimes called free writing – is a technique for finding ideas that you might want to work up into finished pieces. You can just start and write anything that comes, like in ‘daily pages’, or you can use a prompt, which is my preferred approach because having a subject to return to means you don’t slip into the groove of whatever thoughts and obsessions are currently running round and round in your mind.