Avoiding the Sludge State, Using Feedback
I commissioned some human art.
Fire Jays by Paul Humphreys, Inkycovers
A reminder
I have two novels out I am truly proud of. Our Child of the Stars and Our Child of Two Worlds. They are widely available including from me in the UK.
I have some Free Fiction on my website (Tab, free fiction). I also offer creative services – including MS assessment and media skills/confidence. (Tab, Services)
Bung me a question or comment. Post below or privately here. Is anyone interested in a Zoom chat on all things writing and fiction?
Sludge State
There’s a wonderful point in the creative life where you reach a flow state – maybe for minutes, maybe an hour, maybe a few days. In this state you write with ideas fizzing and the words (or worlds) flying onto the page. It’s this state which means I could never write a book by hand, I could not write fast enough, and it would be illegible.
I think I have been in sludge state, where things move very slowly, and trying to speed up can just increase the resistance.
And I write about how to use feedback constructively.
