Susan Perry on Writing in Flow

Susan K. Perry, Ph.D. is author of the books “Loving In Flow,” the Los Angeles Times Bestseller “Writing In Flow,” other nonfiction books, many articles and essays, and a novel.

She is also a social psychologist with expertise in relationships, and is a writing consultant and online instructor.

This is an excerpt from our much longer interview: Susan K. Perry on writing and flow.

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In our interview, she talks about the ‘busy mind’ and being distractible, and how that may be different in writing fiction, compared with nonfiction.

Also, about how fear impacts writing, and helpful attitudes to have about ourselves when creating.

book: Writing in Flow: Keys to Enhanced Creativity

Also see her Psychology Today blog Creating in Flow: The world of creativity—with a twist of rationality.

Susan K. Perry’s site BunnyApe.

In another interview, she commented, “Novelists have more fun.

"Or, to be accurate, those who are open to being their most creative selves have a much pleasanter time than I do when I’m writing an article to a formula, to please some editorial committee, or mainly to pay the bills.”

I asked her: Have you found all that true in writing your novel?

Susan K. Perry: "I wish I could say it’s all been jolly fun. Maybe if after the tenth revision I’d managed to sell the book quickly, I would look back on it differently. But it’s been hard work to make it as good as I feel it is now.

"What’s different is that I feel as though I’ve captured something important to me between the covers of “Kylie’s Heel.”

"I learned so much during this long process that I’m truly glad I dared to write fiction."

From Private article Susan K. Perry on daring to write fiction.

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