Entries tagged with: Freewriting
A Better Way to Start Your Day
23 October 2012
Allison read Chapter 1: Write What You Know from Turn Your Face: How to Be Heard and Get What You Want Most of the Time by Barbara Linney so she could continue to make progress toward her goal of “recombobulation.”
Practice Compassion Through Freewriting
24 March 2017
Eden read Turn Your Face: How to Be Heard and Get What You Want Most of the Time by Barbara Linney and learned how freewriting can be a great way to practice self-compassion.
Staying Calm in Heated Conversations
23 April 2019
Barbara read HBR's 3 Ways to Stay Calm When Conversations Get Intense by Amy Jen Su and was glad to get reinforcement for two of the four recommendations she provides when she teaches Resolving Conflict.
Freewriting for Better Focus
7 January 2020
Janie read Turn Your Face: How to Be Heard and Get What You Want Most of the Time by Barbara Linney and realized that freewriting might be a good solution for accomplishing more of her goals.
Freewriting in the Time of Crisis
17 April 2020
Yvonne read Turn Your Face: How to Be Heard and Get What You Want Most of the Time by Barbara Linney and is grateful for rediscovery of an old habit—freewriting--made new again.
How to Be a Better Remote Worker
7 May 2020
Janie read several articles about working from home, considered the best practices Rachel has shared with us at Allison Partners, and pondered discussions with her teammates about things we can do to be better remote workers.
Prime the Pump for Writing
26 September 2023
Barbara reread her underlined passages of Writing Without Teachers written in 1973 by her original writing guru, Peter Elbow, and reflected on how his insights inspired the classes she used to teach on how to write about what matters to you.
