I don't know the answer to this and I wonder how many others will feel the same way. I started copying code out of books a long time ago when you had to do tha

I don't know the answer to this and I wonder how many others will feel the same way. I started copying code out of books a long time ago when you had to do that to run a program at all. Slowly I learned to debug as a result of my own typo's as well as typo's in the original books. Slowly I started writing very tiny things that were my own ideas and I think I got into a flow state even working on those. I do notice that I'm in less of this state when I'm learning a brand new language though. Keep in mind that being in a flow state isn't really about being able to just type the code. I'm constantly looking things up and moving back and forth between previews, edits, etc. It's just that I seem to block out the rest of the world because I'm focused on the task. If someone speaks to me during this time it will either break my flow or I'll accidentally ignore them (or sometimes even respond subconsciously). Anyway, just thought I'd share what little insight I have.