Comments on: Is Your Writing in a Slump? Get into the Flow! https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/ A Blog On Writing Sun, 22 Dec 2024 03:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: What’s Up at WITS – New Posts from Writers in the Storm Blog | Kris Maze https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/#comment-149251 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 06:52:01 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41740#comment-149251 […] Is Your Writing in a Slump? Get into the Flow! […]

]]> By: The Value (and the Struggle) of Writer Meditations https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/#comment-148880 Mon, 17 May 2021 08:05:25 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41740#comment-148880 […] see meditation as a tool in the "writer's wellness toolbox." It is an avenue to tap into flow, to diagnosis what distracts you from writing, and to stay more physically fit. Meditation comes in […]

]]> By: The Relationship between Stress and Creativity – From the Writers in the Storm Blog | Author Don Massenzio https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/#comment-148873 Sat, 15 May 2021 14:16:49 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41740#comment-148873 […] I was too distressed to write. Either my muse had forsaken me or I needed to do something about my stress level and find my creative […]

]]> By: The Relationship between Stress and Creativity - Work From Home, Remote Job News https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/#comment-148858 Fri, 14 May 2021 08:09:53 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41740#comment-148858 […] I was too distressed to write. Either my muse had forsaken me or I needed to do something about my stress level and find my creative […]

]]> By: The Relationship between Stress and Creativity - Blogging Mastery Resources and News https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/#comment-148857 Fri, 14 May 2021 07:56:17 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41740#comment-148857 […] I was too distressed to write. Either my muse had forsaken me or I needed to do something about my stress level and find my creative […]

]]> By: The Relationship between Stress and Creativity https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/#comment-148854 Fri, 14 May 2021 07:16:10 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41740#comment-148854 […] I was too distressed to write. Either my muse had forsaken me or I needed to do something about my stress level and find my creative […]

]]> By: Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/#comment-147823 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 06:43:37 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41740#comment-147823 Nothing happens until I turn on Freedom on my Macbook (or Anti-social, if I need to be able to get information from the web). My mind is so damaged that it takes almost nothing to divert me from writing NOW, but these little internet-blocking aps keep me from giving in to distractions easily.

It takes me several minutes to restart my computer, and cancel either program, and I know this, so I don't unblock unless I have to. The commitment I make is for a carefully chosen length of time I think I can manage - and the fact that I have even a few minutes left on the timer will have me looking for something useful to spend it on.

I'm always exhausted, and decisions take energy - but turning on Freedom is doable if I'm even remotely capable of writing - from long practice. That, and taking a 30-minute nap when my energy flags or my body diverts blood from my brain to digestion, have allowed me to write. Slowly and painfully but to my standards, developed by years of reading before I became ill.

No one else I know writes as I do - one finished scene at a time with a tight structure - but I can handle a scene: it's like writing a short story. So the first novel in the mainstream trilogy took me 15 years, the second is in its sixth year (we moved - lost about two years there), and I really hope the third is faster!

I love flow - Freedom helps me get there on the days when it's possible.

]]> By: Fact or Fiction: "Flow" Improves the Writing Life | Writers In The Storm https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/#comment-147811 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:50:37 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41740#comment-147811 […] last post at WITS went in-depth on the aspects of Flow and how to use the psychology of writing to get into the […]

]]> By: Ann Griffin https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/#comment-147790 Tue, 02 Feb 2021 17:27:07 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41740#comment-147790 Kris, thanks for this post. I have been a stuck and non-productive writer for over a year, although I have 35,000 words written for my current WIP. I've used lots of excuses, including sewing literally hundreds of masks, and coping with a new puppy and a disabled husband. But they are only excuses, and today I commit myself to writing at least two hours and getting at least 500 words down. Thank you for the needed kick in the posterior and some great suggestions.

]]> By: dholcomb1 https://writersinthestormblog.com/2021/01/writing-in-a-slump-get-into-the-flow/#comment-147782 Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:59:23 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=41740#comment-147782 In reply to Kris Maze.

Mine are old enough to know when mom is working. Especially the husband. lol

Unfortunately, due to tinnitus, headphones aren't an option.

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