Thoughts rush through your mental processes in a flash. In fact, many of your thoughts come and go in a hair of a second, never to surface again.
Writing helps you remember the important things and even what might not seem important at the time. It also clears your mind for higher-level thinking.
One of my favorite memes equates a writer to a browser with 2,589 tabs open at the same time—a constant swirl of thoughts and ideas. Getting those open browser tabs down on paper (or on screen) helps your mind make sense of what’s going on. It also opens your channels to focus more fully on a specific idea or thought.
If you haven’t done so yet, read Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way. It’s a wonderful treatise on writing, but most importantly, she lays out her “Morning Pages.” It’s a stream-of-consciousness style writing that helps you clear your head first thing in the morning. It also primes the pump for the rest of the day and opens your mind to more important thinking.
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