6. When creative flow meets creative dogma

In your writing practices, you may be chasing creative flow – that state where you get so immersed that time takes a pause while you hammer away at the keyboard.

(And then eventually you’re like “Why do my wrists hurt, and why are the cats screaming like no one has ever fed them in their entire lives? Oh, it’s because I sat down at five o’clock and now it’s nine.”)

But your flow state has a sneaky cousin: dogmatic trance.

Trance states (like meditation, contemplation, and yes, creative flow) are a lot more common than we think. And trance and dogma sometimes go hand in hand.

Dogmatic trance teaches us to think and believe harmful things on autopilot. It’s why maladaptive creative mindsets are so hard to shift – no matter how much we distance ourselves intellectually from those mindsets.

Tune in to discover how to spot dogma hiding within your creative flow (and how to kick it out!).

Writing praxis tips

This month’s episode isn’t all bad news! Once you spot dogmatic trance at work, you’re already halfway out from under its sneaky sway.

These prompts will help you uncover the creative dogma and authorities that are shaping your writing practices – and help you consciously choose some new, supportive creative authorities (so you can access generative, bullshit-free creative flow).