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1. What kinds of risks are good to take?
2. Why are people superstitious?

3. What kinds of music do you enjoy?

4. Is family more or less important than it was in your

grandparents’ day?

Invisible Writing: A Computer

Technique

Invisible writing is a freewriting technique especially for writing on a

computer. Turn on your computer and, once you have a blank screen

in front of you, type the words “Invisible Writing” at the top of the page.

Then turn your monitor off or adjust the contrast until the words are no

longer visible and your screen is completely dark.

Freewrite for five or ten minutes. It is especially important not to worry

about spelling errors. With this method, you can hardly avoid them. At

first, you may feel strange, even anxious, pouring your words onto the

dark computer screen. Soon, though, your thoughts and fingers will
fly.

Exercise 2-4 Invisible Writing

If you have access to a computer, do an invisible writing on one of the

following topics. Then see if you have a focus for an essay.