Flowing

Flowstate allows me to dig down into my imagination and let ideas flow. Its a way of forcing the same productive state of mind that happens sometimes during a shower or a long walk, when ideas pop into my head, only to disappear when I cant write them down. Creating this flow state is obviously possible with normal writing, but with Flowstate, the pressure to keep going suppresses the scattered impulses to get up and do something else or go back and fix things. And since Im an editor, that temptation is too strong to resist.

This app is not meant to be a text editor per se. Its about creating a flow state. Just type, then move the text to a regular word processor to edit.

Here is a tip if you really must stop writing for more than 5 seconds (to take a drink, think about something, etc.): just hit almost any key (except, e.g., the arrow keys) continually until you are ready to type again.

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