Using the Free Writes

The free writing technique really came as a shock to me in the beginning of this class.  At first we just practiced by writing about whatever we wanted, then came the real stuff.  We free wrote in order to lead us to realizations, deeper meanings, and additional points that we could make and might have otherwise forgotten.  It actually helped me with a couple of the essays.  I would go back into my free writes and highlight anything that could be turned into a point in an essay.  I took the highlighted things and made them into sentences.  I might not use this technique all the time in the future, but I hope if I'm struggling, my brain tells me, "Hey, don't forget about the techniques you learned in McCoy's class!"