Automatic Writing in a blogger’s view means typing without hitting the backspace.

Open your notepad or the write page of your blog. Be in a ‘receptive’ frame of mind and type the day away. Be spontaneous. Quit worrying about errors and type as fast as you can. Just like a sponge, absorb all the overflowing thoughts and squeeze it all out. If, for some reason, the flow stops, leave a space and immediately begin again by writing down the first letter of the next sentence. Choose this letter at random before you begin.

When you feel that you have put down every single detail, you’re done. You will realize that you have already made a rough draft. Though it may be quite disoriented and unsound, it remains crucial as you have created the basic text. Editing, which becomes rather easy, precedes.

Automatic writing is writing directed by the unconscious mind. It is sometimes called “trance” writing because it is done quickly and without judgment, writing whatever comes to mind, “without consciousness,” as if in a trance. It is believed that this allows one to tap into the subconscious mind where “the true self” dwells. Uninhibited by the conscious mind, deep and mystical thoughts can be accessed.

-A Book of Surrealist Games

I am one of those who lack the passion to write. And whenever I feel like writing, I just can’t finish it. Or worse, I don’t know how to start. So I figured that this technique might help.