He was conscious of nothing except the blankness of the page in front of him, the itching of the skin above his ankle, the blaring of the music, and a slight booziness caused by the gin.

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When Ernest Hemingway was writing, he was completely immersed in the story. He didn’t notice anything else around him. This is an example of “mindlessness,” which is another word for being fully focused on the task at hand.

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