Easy Exercises To Kickstart Your Writing Session

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

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[@litabrooker7872]

Are comments turned off, Kieren?

[@litabrooker7872]

Ah! Replying to your pinned post works. Just wanted to thank you for this warm-up session. It was so helpful.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Really weird, I can see all your comments!

[@iluvSchleeping]

Going to try this in the morning. My usual go to method to jump start when the words aren’t coming is to do what I call the Hunter S Thompson method. He wrote out the Great Gatsby multiple times to know what it felt like to write a masterpiece. I find if I start typing out a paragraph or two of my fave novels it “tricks” my brain into thinking I’ve hit flow and I can just continue on my project with ease.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

That's an interesting idea! I might try that sometime too!

[@Tia-p5f]

Great idea!

[@SimonStanford]

Great set of exercises and it’s a masterstroke to make the video realtime and so therefore actionable. Definitely saving this one to return to. Thank you Kieren.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

It’s useful for me to do the exercises too, plus it just feels smoother than getting you to pause and rewind etc! I’m glad the format worked for you. Thanks for watching ☺️

[@PatientPerspective]

​@@KierenWestwoodWritingyes. It ruins the flow when you have to stop and go. But these KZbin ads. Seems like they're adding more and more. Nice video.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Oh no! Sometimes KZbin splices in more, I'll check to make sure that hasn't happened. THanks fr letting me know.

[@EmilynWood]

Thank you for this video. It's usually really hard to know where to start in a writing session since I write out of order and this really helped a lot. Make more videos like this! Might help me get through writing a whole book haha.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Great! I'm glad it helped, I'll definitely be making more of this kind of thing!

[@cyanpumawarriorofhope384]

This was far more valuable then i anticipated. Thanks for putting this all together.

[@megandunn8925]

Love these writing exercises 😁

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thank you!

[@carihislop161]

I'll have to do it again when I'm more awake, but even half asleep...this was really helpful. You've got me thinking about aspects to scenes I'd been overlooking. Sometimes I get so caught up in dialogue I miss important details. I do find that different characters notice different things. I love your idea of stepping into the story and eaves dropping. I often eavesdrop from a sort of cosmic position, but I rather like the idea of mentally putting on a costume and landing in the story to get a more visceral sense of what's happening. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thanks for watching! Yeah, I find just changing the angle or the framing of something can make you see it differently at times.

[@СумирэЛаоши]

These exercises are awesome! I don't think I've seen anyone on KZbin creating this type of writing videos. And these exercises are the only thing that make me comfortable with creative writing. You are exceptional, man. Thank you so much

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thank you! I really appreciate that feedback, it's hard to know what people might like to see so this helps a lot!

[@ashlyn_carm]

LOVED doing these exercises! I'm a book editor working on a novel in my spare time and this really helped get things flowing! Great video.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thank you, I'm really glad it was useful!

[@frustis]

Thank you so much for making this video. I've thoroughly enjoyed participating in them to the point where I really felt like I was doing them alongside you. Thank you for making it. I would love more content like this!

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Thanks for watching it! I’m absolutely going to be making more like this. It seems like quite a few people find the format useful so I’ll happily make them ☺️

[@ChancellorMarko]

Nice one. Will use this to jump back into my writing routine tomorrow.

[@roberthobson5005]

I am truly enjoying these exercises. Thank you.

[@Oskarwinters]

A great set of timers. Can you make more of these videos !! With slightly different prompts.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

I'm definitely going to! There are a few more writing exercise videos on the channel already (uploaded over the last couple of months) but there'll be more coming soon as well.

[@MattCruse]

Thank you, Kieren. Just done some free writing. I like the gentle music which plays during the exercises. What is it?

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

I think in this one it’s The Alabaster Coast by Hanna Lindgren. I got it from Epidemic Sound but I’m sure you can find their music elsewhere too!

[@bransonallen2925]

Opened this at work and almost fell asleep standing up because of how comfy it is.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

For a second I thought you were going to say you were bored to sleep! Comfy I'll definitely take!

[@tempyt7011]

Best channel ever

[@Oskarwinters]

I am in complete shock with that first exercise, helped me so much!

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Fantastic!

[@grumpypunch3910]

Going to give this crack tomorrow my man! Thanks again for the content, and the support!

[@litabrooker7872]

Seriously helpful. Thanks Kieren. I'm planning 3 short Christmas-linked stories about time. I now have the titles: No Time Like the Present; Timing is Everything; and Continuum. For the first story, this warm-up session has also given me ideas about setting, two timelines: early Victorian and the present day, two characters, girls separated by time, from the same family with the same name. The differences and the similarities between them, and a - as yet - nascent revelation/twist. Notes were handwritten. I'll be back.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Fantastic! Glad to hear it was helpful ☺️ that’s exactly my aim with these videos.

[@litabrooker7872]

@@KierenWestwoodWriting Glad you saw this longer one. The writing sprints produced more than I'd hoped for! Thanks again :)

[@litabrooker7872]

I wrote a comment, but ether appears to have swallowed it. This session was helpful - thank you Kieren.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

It was still there for me, so I did see it, glad the video helped and good luck with your stories ☺️

[@mohandmadecrochet]

You will legit feel stupid watching the video play and not write anything 😅😂😂. I thought he's going to ask us to pause and play after we do the exercise, he literally followed us along, I jumped out of my bed to put down something, Guys don't save the video for later, get up and pick your pen and paper, write 💪

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Yeah! I just want to make it as smooth as possible for people to just give things a shot ☺️ Thanks for watching!

[@mohandmadecrochet]

@KierenWestwoodWriting God bless you

[@HurricaneAlpha1]

I want the writing songs name. Made my brain feel calm and focused and thats rare.

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Hi! It’s this song: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZTaqGZ-ZZx4abcfeature=shared

[@trickyplays240]

Will you do a product review of the Freewrite device ?

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Probably not, sorry to disappoint. I wouldn't really know where to start with reviewing something!

[@trickyplays240]

@ look it up, maybe they could offer you a free device. It’s supposed to be a great writing tool versus using the computer. I think somebody like you would do a great product review.

[@trickyplays240]

@ regardless love your videos!

[@yen6170]

I keep watching KZbin videos, reading on how to write and yet I didn't start yet bruh

[@KierenWestwoodWriting]

Try this video. There's direct steps there to get you going. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqWtYqWYqNurj6csi=bSSj_uRNX928FLK4

[@bhindi_83]

Hello sir, In which website do you write