I've been considering using the technique of freewriting to help me get started on some opinion pieces. Freewriting is where you write for a period of time, say, five or ten minutes, and you don't stop to think, to correct a misspelling, or to change anything you've written.
I have used it in the past and I've found it somewhat helpful in loosening my mind up so I am more free to write down things that don't readily come to mind.
I think it will help me.
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