I'm in that zone
12th July 2016 | for Creatives | books, novel writing, literary fiction, writing, creating in the moment, women's fiction, word count, Freya North |
"As long as I'm in that 'zone,' I'm happy enough whether I've written 700 words or, like one crazy day writing The Turning Point, 7,000."
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