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We write so we may communicate. We write so we may convey thoughts, ideas, knowledge, or to enable the reader to reach an understanding of something. The competent writer achieves a state of what Csikszentmihalyi (1975) calls flow:
You yourself are in an ecstatic state to such a point that you feel as though you almost don’t exist. I’ve experienced this time and again My hand seems devoid of myself and I have nothing to do with what is happening. I just sit there watching in a state of awe and wonderment. And it just flows out by itself.
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Goldup, W. (2000). Developing Writing Skills. In: Townend, J., Turner, M. (eds) Dyslexia in Practice. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4169-1_6
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