Writing is a tide of molasses. It goes in, it goes out, and all of it very slow
— twitch.tv/casei_magnus
Molasses moves whether you push it or not — the tide comes in, drafts fill the page, then it goes back out, and revision strips away what doesn't belong. The point is that both directions matter and neither can be rushed. Trying to force the pace just makes a sticky mess. Say you're stuck on a scene: instead of demanding the perfect sentence now, you let a rough version sit for a day, come back, and suddenly the fix is obvious because the tide has shifted without you straining for it. The caution is that patience can become an excuse. Molasses still moves — it doesn't sit forever in the jar waiting for inspiration. If you're not returning to the page, nothing is flowing in or out. Slow is fine. Stopped is not.
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