So you mean to tell me, that, with your artichoke story, for example, you literally just saw the prompt, "Artichoke," set your timer for five minutes, and knocked that story out about grandpa... You didn't sit and think about "Oh, let's see... grandpa dying.. calling grandkid artichoke.." what have you/ any "plot points," rough ideas, nothing? Not that I'm saying there's something "the matter" with doing that, or it's any less "free," just that, it would seem to produce a slightly different outcome, than, say, my "story" for example, which, isn't even a story--it's just a ... ya know, a "freewrite" lol more of a "stream of consciousness;" what ever comes to me over that five minutes without changing it (with a few minor editorial blips). That's my question :)
RE: Five minute Freewrite: "Artichoke"