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Stream of Consciousness Journaling - Benefits and Tips
Stream-of-consciousness (SoC) writing is a narrative style made famous by modernist authors like Virginia Woolf and William Faulkner. Writers like Woolf would make free associations as they wrote, and allow their minds to wander as the words and ideas came to them.
For folks who are used to clear structure and genre requirements, SoC writing may seem like a waste of time. However, some of the world's greatest novels have been produced using the technique. Mrs. Dalloway, Beloved, and On the Road all utilized SoC and discovered a new way to capture the human experience.
You don’t have to be a Nobel prize-winning author to write in SoC. You can use SoC during your daily journaling sessions to help improve your creativity, discover new ideas, and grow as a person.
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