on Live Write Thrive:

Time is a fluid thing in our lives. It’s all about perception. That’s why it’s “timey-wimey,” as Dr. Who likes to say.

Ah, time. That nebulous, illusory, slippery thing. Just what is time, anyway? As long as there has been time, there have been philosophers pondering this question. And every answer seems to be dry and scientific so as to mean almost nothing.

Yet, time frames our lives—and the lives of our characters in story. So, as writers, and maybe also as humans, it behooves us to spend a moment of time (or two or ten) pondering this stuff of our existence to get a feel for it. For, how can we writers convey time unless we understand it and how it works—at least to some extent? Is that even possible?