I Turned My Home State Of Florida

Obviously It Could Be, Because It Was.

Here's A Secret: Fictive Text Doesn't Necessarily Flow Easily. Most Of The Time It's More Like Cutting A Highway Through A Mountain. You Just Have To Keep Working With Your Pick, Chipping Away At The Rock, Making Slow Progress.

Normally I Work Out A General Summary Of What I Mean To Do, Then Start Writing, And The Details Can Be Different From My Anticipation. So There Is Considerable Flow, But Always Within Channels.

As For Collaboration - I Have Done A Lot, 26 Books, And Found Publishers Increasingly Resistive To Them. It's Not That The Books Are Bad; Editors Won't Even Read Them.

Terry Pratchett's Right Up My Alley ... Give Him A Try!