Write What You Don't Know

In the "Legend of Bagger Vance,"  Bagger Vance claims that life is a game that can't be won, only played.  The writing life becomes similiar. In the initial stages of creativity, it's not about winning or a goal.  One word after another will generate ideas.

We play with words, become immersed in our writing action and discover what we never expected. Play becomes serious and disciplined as well as liberating. An absorption takes over that removes us from structure and our surroundings.

If we free ourselves to write just what arrives, the writing serves itself.  It may not win prizes or become publishable but that's not the purpose.  The writing sets us free to move to another level of possibility.

Writing is a solitary practice.  Like meditation, no one can do it but the writer.

Rabbi Rami who believes in writing as spiritual practice, conducts workshops on writing alone and with others. He has three rules:

l.   Don't write what you know.
2.  You can't write what you don't know.
3.  You must write.

Creative Write:  Go against Rule Number 2.  Write what you don't know.  Set aside a block of time and permit yourself the stillness and freedom to write for at least an hour.

Begin with: I don't know anything about . . .