Stream of Consciousness

Writing styles - there's never a shortage of them, is there? There are dozens of little tricks that writers have up their sleeves, and writers use them with glee, pulling rabbits out of hats and (or so they hope) leaving their readers stunned. But there's one writing style in particular called stream of consciousness that's probably the hardest to read (and must be mighty tough to write too. I know I can't do it for shit).

And it is exactly what it sounds like - it's supposed to be a written account of the stream of your thoughts, images, flashes...basically every little volcano that erupts and bursts in that little brain of yours. So I figured, why not give it a try?

Somebody laughed haha Keep typing keep going somebody's coming I have to go and read lord of the rings at noon and I'm still waiting for the day to get over. space a man standing on a canyon looks at me directly but I'm trying to work right now and work I shall I'm going to the lab to work no write. I'm writing but working and head hurts feels full what's that smell? A tall man in a white t-shirt winks and walks away fists screwed up and I'm thankful I slipped away.

Makes no sense at all, does it? lol. Well, thoughts hardly do though, if you think about it. And these were my thoughts at the time, as weird and random as they may be.

Believe it or not, there are actually whole books written in this style. James Joyce loved stream of consciousness, and one of his books called Finnegan's Wake is virtually unreadable. Seasoned English professors have thrown up their hands in frustration at that book, saying it's an impossible task to decipher.

It is an interesting style though, at least for writing if not for reading. Give it a try sometime. Bring that nib to a piece of paper and let it fly with your thoughts. Bruce Willis said in the sixth sense that if you do this for long enough in one sitting, you'll soon be writing things you never imagined you had within you. Creepy things, I expect...things that flutter in the night...things that awaken from slumber when u're tossing and moaning in the shadows of a nightmare. Muahahaha!