Meaning of kickwriting | Babel Free

Definitions

A frenzied, first-person style of writing.

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Examples

“You must and will go on at all costs including comfort & health & kicks; but keep⟳ it kickwriting at all costs too, that is, write⟳ only what kicks you and keeps you overtime awake⟳ from sheer mad joy.”

“A rapid typist, Kerouac hit on the idea of typing nonstop to get⟳ the 'kickwriting' momentum he wanted.”

“... many experimental contemporaries—an unplotted, visionary, kickwriting syntax.”

“Only by using his free-flow style of “kickwriting” did Kerouac believe⟳ he could capture⟳ the vibrancy of the man that inspired the book, his friend Neal Cassady.”

“To master this "kickwriting" style, Kerouac taped together 12-foot-long pieces of drawing paper, creating a continuous roll for his typewriter.”

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