Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # The Freewriter's Companion Freewriting, Surrealism and everything in between ## Posts - [Blog](https://freewriterscompanion.com/blog/) - [Announcing my novel](https://freewriterscompanion.com/announcing-my-novel/) - [Sex and the Surrealist Image](https://freewriterscompanion.com/sex-and-the-surrealist-image/) - [Freewriting in Peformance](https://freewriterscompanion.com/freewriting-in-peformance/) - [Happy Endings and the other kind](https://freewriterscompanion.com/happy-endings-and-the-other-kind/) - This post is about stories in films and books, and in life. - [Freewriting: Back to Basics](https://freewriterscompanion.com/freewriting-back-to-basics/) - Every Saturday morning I now have the pleasure of introducing people to the practice of freewriting. - [Hello and Welcome to Write to Done Readers!](https://freewriterscompanion.com/hello-and-welcome-to-write-to-done-readers/) - [Does Freewriting Work?](https://freewriterscompanion.com/does-freewriting-work/) - My students say yes, it certainly does! - [Hello and Welcome to Bane of Your Resistance Readers!](https://freewriterscompanion.com/hello-and-welcome-to-bane-of-your-resistance-readers/) - This month I am delighted to be the guest of the wonderful Rosanne Bane on her website Bane of Your Resistance. - [Writing for the Drawer: is private writing a waste of time?](https://freewriterscompanion.com/writing-for-the-drawer-is-private-writing-a-waste-of-time/) - [Writing is an Ecosystem](https://freewriterscompanion.com/writing-is-an-ecosystem/) - [Freewriting Prompts: why use them?](https://freewriterscompanion.com/freewriting-prompts-why-use-them/) - [Things that Have Inspired Me Part 3: Yoga](https://freewriterscompanion.com/things-that-have-inspired-me-part-3-yoga/) - [A new film by Hopewell Ink](https://freewriterscompanion.com/a-new-film-by-hopewell-ink/) - [Giant Fridge Poetry at the Metamorffosis Festival](https://freewriterscompanion.com/giant-fridge-poetry-at-the-metamorffosis-festival/) - [The Great Spring](https://freewriterscompanion.com/the-great-spring/) - [The Blog: a guided tour](https://freewriterscompanion.com/re-launch-coming-soon/) - The Freewriter's Companion has been going for five years now. At the beginning of 2020 I shall be working on a re-launch. - [Publish or Perish?](https://freewriterscompanion.com/publish-or-perish/) - [Six Uses for Freewriting](https://freewriterscompanion.com/six-uses-for-freewriting/) - [Rock Stars of Freewriting](https://freewriterscompanion.com/freewriting-rock-stars/) - Peter Elbow is the David Bowie of freewriting; Natalie Goldberg, on the other hand, is more like Jimi Hendrix. - [Where Does Freewriting Come From?](https://freewriterscompanion.com/where-does-freewriting-come-from/) - I began this website because, as a lecturer on Surrealism and a private addict of freewriting, I was amazed that no one seemed to connect the two. - [Become a Writer in Ten Minutes a Week](https://freewriterscompanion.com/become-a-writer-in-ten-minutes-a-week/) - Every Friday morning since January I have been sending ten-minute freewriting exercises to my subscribers completely free of charge. - [Finding Your Voice](https://freewriterscompanion.com/finding-your-voice/) - [Training to Write](https://freewriterscompanion.com/training-to-write/) - [This is a freewritten blog...](https://freewriterscompanion.com/this-is-a-freewritten-blog/) - [Writers! Resolve to be BAD in 2019!](https://freewriterscompanion.com/writers-resolve-to-be-bad-in-2019/) - This New Year why not resolve to be bad and have fun writing? - [Tanning at the Tate!](https://freewriterscompanion.com/tanning-at-the-tate/) - A review of the Tate Modern retrospective of surrealist Dorothea Tanning. - [Breton's Nadja and my novel-in-waiting](https://freewriterscompanion.com/bretons-nadja-and-my-novel-in-waiting/) - How I used a combination of research and freewriting to transform a shadowy figure from history into a character in my novel. - [Truth Versus Fiction: the 1938 Surrealist Exhibition in Paris](https://freewriterscompanion.com/truth-versus-fiction-the-1938-surrealist-exhibition-in-paris/) - [It's time for Surrealist Games!](https://freewriterscompanion.com/its-time-for-surrealist-games/) - [The Surrealist Muse](https://freewriterscompanion.com/the-surrealist-muse/) - [Hopewell Ink - an exclusive preview](https://freewriterscompanion.com/hopewell-ink-an-exclusive-preview/) - A new piece of work on the subject of masculinity, by a woman! - [Freewriting is Surrealist!](https://freewriterscompanion.com/freewriting-is-surrealist/) - [Un-free writing, and possession](https://freewriterscompanion.com/un-free-writing-and-possession/) - [The Art of Making People: characters in historical fiction](https://freewriterscompanion.com/the-art-of-making-people-characters-in-historical-fiction/) - [Francesca Woodman](https://freewriterscompanion.com/francesca-woodman/) - [Things That Have Inspired Me Part 2: Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott](https://freewriterscompanion.com/things-that-have-inspired-me-part-2-bird-by-bird-by-anne-lamott/) - [Inspirational Quotes about Writing](https://freewriterscompanion.com/inspirational-quotes-about-writing/) - [Wolves, dreams and memories](https://freewriterscompanion.com/wolves-dreams-and-memories/) - [Surrealist novels?](https://freewriterscompanion.com/surrealist-novels/) - [Hopewell Ink - Exposed!](https://freewriterscompanion.com/hopewell-ink-exposed/) - [Hopewell Ink on Radio 3](https://freewriterscompanion.com/hopewell-ink-on-radio-3/) - [Dieting for the Unconscious](https://freewriterscompanion.com/dieting-for-the-unconscious/) - [Things That Have Inspired Me to Write, Part 1: Baking bread](https://freewriterscompanion.com/things-that-have-inspired-me-to-write-part-1-baking-bread/) - [Leonora Carrington at Liverpool Tate: hit or miss?](https://freewriterscompanion.com/leonora-carrington-at-liverpool-tate-hit-or-miss/) - [Going to the moon](https://freewriterscompanion.com/going-to-the-moon/) - [The End of an Era](https://freewriterscompanion.com/the-end-of-an-era/) - [The Makeover](https://freewriterscompanion.com/the-makeover/) ## Pages - [Home](https://freewriterscompanion.com/) - Freewriting, Surrealism and everything inbetween - [Hopewell Ink](https://freewriterscompanion.com/hopewell-ink/) - Hopewell Ink is a spoken word and music duo. - [Free taster lesson on freewriting](https://freewriterscompanion.com/free-taster-lesson-on-freewriting/) - [All Courses](https://freewriterscompanion.com/all-courses/) - [A freewriting playground](https://freewriterscompanion.com/a-freewriting-playground/) - [Try Freewriting page 3](https://freewriterscompanion.com/try-freewriting-page-3/) - [Try Freewriting page 2](https://freewriterscompanion.com/try-freewriting-page-2/) - [Try Freewriting page 1](https://freewriterscompanion.com/try-freewriting-page-1/) - [Term Conditions](https://freewriterscompanion.com/lp-term-conditions-2/) - [Instructors](https://freewriterscompanion.com/instructors-2/) - [Instructor](https://freewriterscompanion.com/instructor-2/) - [Instructor](https://freewriterscompanion.com/instructor/) - [Term Conditions](https://freewriterscompanion.com/lp-term-conditions/) - [Instructors](https://freewriterscompanion.com/instructors/) - [Zoom Freewriting Club](https://freewriterscompanion.com/zoom-freewriting-club/) - [Zoom Freewriting Club subscription](https://freewriterscompanion.com/zoom-freewriting-club-subscription/) - [Thank you for your purchase](https://freewriterscompanion.com/thank-you-for-your-purchase/) - [Prompt boxes](https://freewriterscompanion.com/prompt-boxes/) - Inspiration for writers: 20 wrapped items in a wooden box. 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