Part 4: Freewriting
Freewriting is a prewriting strategy that will help you develop ideas for your essay. Watch the following video to learn about the benefits of freewriting.
Now that you have read articles about humor’s connection to work or health, you will be asked to use freewriting to generate ideas about one of the topics below related to humor. You may use ideas you got from readings, but this assignment will help you more if you think of examples and ideas from your own experiences.
Choose one of these topics and write freely for at least 10 minutes. Try to answer all of the questions that are listed with the topic you select.
Humor and Work
- What do you think about humor in the workplace? Is it beneficial, or does it conflict with the need to be professional?
- In your current work experience or previous work experiences, when has humor been used? Did this humor have positive or negative impacts on your work? Why? Provide examples from your own experiences.
- Do you prefer working in a humorous environment? Why or why not?
- Is humor unprofessional in the workplace?
Humor and Medical Treatment
- Is humor better than medicine for the treatment of health problems?
- Do you know anyone who has used humor to manage health conditions? What happened?
- How, if at all, might humor benefit someone who is ill?
- How, if at all, can humor impact one’s mental health?
- What might be the impact of using humor to treat medical conditions instead of following traditional Western medical treatments (such as treatments like chemotherapy or medication)?
Licenses and Attributions
- New content developed by Pamela Herrington-Moriarty, Alex Piland, and Alice Trabaudo, license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Video Content (linked)
- “Freewriting 101.” License: All Rights Reserved. License Terms: Standard YouTube license.
