Hi, You don't need to say 'now'. Best wishes, Clive
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AnonymousI hope my creative slump has now long since passed.If you say you "hope something" then you are implying that you are not sure that it has actually happened or will happen. If you say that "something has long since passed" you are saying that it is definitely gone (long gone, in fact).