US Writing Post-1945

• Non-stop writing during 5, 10, 15 or 20 min.
• Never lift pen from paper
• If you have nothing to write, write "I have nothing to write (or “Eu não tenho nada para escrever”) (as many times you need)
• Pay no heed to grammar, ortography, style or coherence
• Do not cross over or rewrite (write the new idea, but leave the old one)
• This is a personal and private exercise; shraing will depend on the will of the author and will never be for assessment.


ADVANTAGES

• It generally demistifies and makes us comfortable with the act of writing
• Helps to overcome writer's block and self-sensorship
• Perspectivates writing as an activity that is also physical, requiring predisposition and availability of the body
• Helps search for writing topics / brainstorming
• Helps to find motivations for writing
• It is a self-discovery tool, a verbal expression of the I and of empowerment through writing.
• It is useful to define characters, settings or situations
• Indicators point to improvement in writing skills, especially in English as a Foreign Language