It depends for me on what my purpose in writing is, when using this technique.
If I’m trying to make sense of a complex process, I draft as though I were writing for someone who had to implement that process. If I’m trying to make sense of my emotions, I draft as though I were writing for my therapist. If I’m trying to make sense of moral judgments, I draft as though I were the various agents experiencing the consequences of particular judgments.
Typically, when I’m done with that process I go back and revise for a general audience and post to my personal blog, but not always.
When you say “writing for your therapist,” does that mean you answer the type of questions your therapist would ask you? In which case, what are those? :)
No, I mean that I say the kinds of things that I said to my therapist when I was seeing a therapist. She asked me questions as well, but a great deal of her value to me was that she listened to me talk during a period of my life where I was struggling with stuff I didn’t feel able to talk about with anyone else.
It depends for me on what my purpose in writing is, when using this technique.
If I’m trying to make sense of a complex process, I draft as though I were writing for someone who had to implement that process. If I’m trying to make sense of my emotions, I draft as though I were writing for my therapist. If I’m trying to make sense of moral judgments, I draft as though I were the various agents experiencing the consequences of particular judgments.
Typically, when I’m done with that process I go back and revise for a general audience and post to my personal blog, but not always.
When you say “writing for your therapist,” does that mean you answer the type of questions your therapist would ask you? In which case, what are those? :)
No, I mean that I say the kinds of things that I said to my therapist when I was seeing a therapist. She asked me questions as well, but a great deal of her value to me was that she listened to me talk during a period of my life where I was struggling with stuff I didn’t feel able to talk about with anyone else.