Dose Free Writing Really Mean Free？

Free writing, evidently, is different from the guided writing, which is always seen in a piece of exam paper. But is free writing completely free?

Of course in a free writing, you can write what you want to share with the others. But it doesn’t mean that we don’t need a main idea or a topic. However, it isn’t a simple record of something.

We may have a comparison of free writing and guided writing. There are some similarities between them. First, they all should be logical. As written before, free writing doesn’t mean that you can write what you want to write only. For example, is it right to say that I got up early this morning so it’s raining? Absolutely not, the time you get up had nothing to do with the weather, so it isn’t logical at all. Of course, you can decide your topics or themes by yourself in a free writing. But logic will make your thinking more clear and reasonable.

Secondly is the grammar. Grammar is very important in your writing, no matter free writing or guided writing. Because whether your article is well understood by the readers or not depends on whether the sentences in your article are grammatically right.

Thirdly is the stance or your purpose. Every article needs to have its own purpose, persuading the readers to believe something or advising them to do something. No matter what kind of situation your article is in, you need to focus on an object when you are writing, or your article will be a meaningless one.

Free writing, like guided writing, need an exploration before you decide a focus. Once the focus is decided, all your ideas should be expressed by centering upon it. But you can think the focus freely in a free writing. That’s the difference between them. So, personally speaking, I don’t think it means completely free. On the contrary, it is still limited in many aspects, just like guided writing.