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Today’s question – Do you have any rituals that you use when you need help getting into the ZONE? Care to share?
My ritual to get into the writing zone...
Starts at 4:30 a.m....
With Italian roast coffee brewing...
Palo santo incense smoking...
Lemongrass oil in the defuser misting...
And Solfeggio tones playing.
And Solfeggio tones playing.
I take several deep sustained breaths and...
**VOILA!**
I’m in my writing “zone”
And it feels like this
However...
If you were to ask me how I get into my editing zone...
That’s a totally different frame of mind...
Because mentally...
It feels as if I’m being banished into a hut...
In a dense jungle all alone...
And must stay there...
And must stay there...
Until every possible nuance of the manuscript is polished.
And it feels like this
But now...
If you’re talking about the rewrite zone...
Well......
That feels like I’m being dragged into an abandoned asylum...
That feels like I’m being dragged into an abandoned asylum...
And won’t be let out until...well...
However long it takes!
And it feels like this
Thankfully, I've only been there once.
So?
What about you?
What’s your zone?
And how do you get there?
Always,
Em-Musing
