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Shoutout to that one week in 2018 when I wrote 3,000 words a day
It was in July, right after I visited the library in Tacoma and saw a display of old pulp magazines. I came home and just started typing, no outline, just a character who was a lighthouse keeper finding a message in a bottle. Every day for a week, the words just flowed out before lunch. I haven't hit that kind of streak since. Anyone else have a random week where the writing just clicked like that?
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grant.olivia5mo ago
Random week" makes it sound like luck, but you built that habit.
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troyknight5mo ago
Yeah, the "built that habit" part is so true. I was listening to a podcast where they called it "stacking the deck" for creativity. It's not random luck, it's putting yourself in the path of the idea. You do the boring stuff, like the library trip, so your brain has something to work with later. Makes the good days feel less like a happy accident.
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nancy_wood5mo ago
Wasn't there a whole thing about "flow state" in that book The War of Art? Your library trip totally primed your brain for that. It's like you fed it the right fuel, those old pulps, and then your own story just had to come out. I get that with certain music playlists, they put me right into a scene. Finding that trigger again is the tricky part, isn't it?
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