Morning Pages

I've been using the 750words.com site for the last while to do my morning pages. And it works very well! Better than writing on paper for 3 pages. Maybe it's because it goes a lot quicker. I can do my allotment of 750 words in 10 minutes or less, whereas writing 3 pages on paper takes me about 30 minutes. So, my fingers can actually keep up with my thoughts more when I'm doing it on the computer. Plus, I can just write and when I hit 750 words, it will tell me and I don't have to worry about keeping track at the bottom of the page. All I have to do is show up and write - which is what morning pages are all about.

The website only has about 600 users at this point, which surprises me, as I would think a lot of morning pages people would like to take advantage of this. But... mabye some people are purists and just like the idea of pen on paper. I know that I prefer that for certain things as well, so, I can understand. Now, we'll see how long I can keep my writing streak going.... A whole month maybe??

It's nice to just be able to go "bleugh" on the computer screen and get all the random thoughts out of my system and not have to worry about spelling or who's going to be reading it or anything like that. It certainly does what morning pages are supposed to do. I know that Julia Cameron strongly recommends the pen and paper approach but... I don't know... in today's day and age, well... maybe this works too.