I&#x27;ve always likened meditation as teaching yourself to become more resilient to emotional turbulence. Free writing seems like it would not help too much in this regard, at least any more than say cooking, playing music, or any activity like that. If you get a random thought while free writing and write about it that increases your investment in that thought and I&#x27;m sure if you continue stream of consciousness writing on some of the more bothersome thoughts you might have problems with the activity. In meditation, it&#x27;s more about noticing you had a thought and then letting the thought go. The whole goal is to teach yourself to not become invested in the battery of thoughts and emotions that can come with each day.