A technique that was taught to me by an English teacher, although I only recently dabbled in it again after a four year lapse. So I'll try to explain to the best of my ability. "Speed writing" is a simple concept. Basically all the writer does is, well write that anything that comes to their mind. The idea is to write without thinking what you're writing. It also helps to time yourself. I suggest one to three minutes of nonstop writing.
Only thing is, you make hate to look at your scrawled handwriting after wards!
Like I mentioned above, as I was speed writing, I formed names of character's that popped into my head and ironically I developed a plot, lol. Go figure. I will mention, this technique does take practice and as you get the hang of it, you may start to see patterns or repetition, while your writing quickly in which case you can correct it in the future. Also, you may find that you're able to figure out plots or that ONE speciel character's name isn't as hard to find as you thought.
The last piece of advice I can offer is, for the serious writer's, recording all "speed" work is definitely a wise idea. Reading over past work should strengthening your ability when you really want to sit and serious ally write. It also may help give ideas later on for a story.
Hope this helps; it did wonders for me recently. I may have to do this activity more often.
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