Morning Pages - does anyone do them?

Write about the dog?

Jess20

I used to write every morning but then I got a dog 😂

My dog sees paper as a challenge to be shredded. I keep my notebook out of reach!

When my head meets the lovely pillow I reflect on my day and consider best and worst events. Never thought to write them down. Will do from now onwards. Thanks for the prompt.

I don’t do this every day, but a lovely friend who leads a mindful writing group often uses this technique with us:
Write a short/long list of words
Write a paragraph or more using these words.

It’s a great way of getting the ideas flowing!

I do it. Not in bed, but first thing every day. Either two or three pages, depending on the size of the notebook. I never look at it again. Hugely helpful

I started doing this at the start of the pandemic over four years ago. It was the idea of our local museum but I don’t know anyone else who did it though a lot have said they wished they had kept a day to day record. It was, and continues to be, a good outlet, cathartic almost. There’s now very little about covid, of course ( which was the original point of it) but I always find something to write about, sometimes a news story, sometimes just our day.

"Morning Pages"?? And WHO is "Julia Cameron"?

OK, I did the Google thing, and it said this >>> Morning Pages are three pages of longhand, stream of consciousness writing, done first thing in the morning. *There is no wrong way to do Morning Pages*– they are not high art. They are not even “writing.” They are about anything and everything that crosses your mind– and they are for your eyes only. Morning Pages provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize and synchronize the day at hand. Do not over-think Morning Pages: just put three pages of anything on the page...and then do three more pages tomorrow. >>>>

From which I deduce that JC (like several American personalities) has made money from psycho-babble.

OK, I'll allow that a similar concept might help a few people. Doesn't mean it suits everyone, or always serves any useful purpose.

"Morning Pages"?? And WHO is "Julia Cameron"?
Married to Martin Scorsese apparently.

and they are for your eyes only
She needs to keep her Morning Pages under lock and key then, or else he'll be making a film based on them.

'The Google thing' will have told you that Julia Cameron has written forty books, fiction and nonfiction, including her bestselling works on the creative process: The Artist's Way, Walking in This World and Finding Water. Her work has been translated into more than thirty-five languages and has sold more than four million copies worldwide. Also a novelist, playwright, songwriter and poet, she has multiple credits in theatre, film and television. Not just psychobabble, but AFAIK has never claimed that 'it suits everyone', or that 'it always serves any useful purpose'. It is useful to creative people who connect with the practice as an aid to their creativity - maybe less so to others, and no use at all to the closed minded who write it off before trying.

Does anything 'always suit everyone'? Clearly there are people on this thread who find 'it' useful, and writing for one's own benefit or pleasure is never going to harm anyone else. It's not putting others down or dismissing what they enjoy, and will take up half an hour a day of their own time. Does it matter if someone else can't see a useful purpose?

I didn't realise that Julia Cameron was married to Martin Scorsese, Calli. You live and learn on Gransnet

The book was very useful for self development. Morning pages are just really writing thoughts,as they come into your head.

I am a week or so in, and plan to keep going. I'm veering towards free writing, rather than true Morning Pages, but am sticking to the 'first thing in the morning' thing, and writing about three pages.