Here is another perk of writing: A study published in Science magazine on January 14, 2011 (read the abstract here), showed that when students wrote down their thoughts before taking an important text, their exam scores improved. So if you’re anxious about writing for publication, well, write about it.
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| Historic trail, Yorktown, VA, Photo by Gail Molnar Pfeifer |
One of my favorite books, which you may find helpful in this regard, is Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, by Natalie Goldberg. (Read an excerpt here.) Goldberg gives a good overview on beginning to write, and devotes a whole chapter to topics for writing practice. Here are a few examples of her suggestions from that chapter, to help you start writing:
What is your first memory?
Begin with “I remember…”
Write about leaving (the house, a job, a marriage)
In the book, Goldberg also shares her own experiences with writing, how it felt for her to be a beginner, and the insecurity writing can evoke.
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