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When I get cranking on a story, I hate to go to bed even when it gets late. In a way, it's a great feeling. I drag myself away saying I need to go to sleep bc I have to go to work the next morning.
Many times that I force myself to shut down the laptop and go to bed, I should've just kept writing bc my brain won't shut off. And when that happens, I can't sleep. Thoughts and ideas for the book are writing themselves into my brain.
Then I'm torn: Do I get up and go back to writing, or let the ideas stew in my head and get them on paper the next day? Will having the thoughts ferment for a night make them stronger or diluted?
Honestly, I usually stay in bed and toss and turn until sleep overtakes. The next day I jump back into my book with vigor. Are the new words written as I imagined them the night before? I'm not sure. But I know that I'm still psyched to write.
What about you? Do you jump back into night time writing, or try to get your zzzzzs?
Deena, Miss Subbing for Pubbing
I had one of those moments last night, but I forced myself to stop after 2 hours of late-afternoon writing, otherwise I knew I'd be up all night. I think it depends on a variety of things: where in the story you're at, how easily you can fall asleep after such stimulation... Hope you find out a way that works for you! :)
ReplyDeleteIf I really can't sleep, I write a few keywords down. That usually stops my brain from panicking that I'll forget anything important if I sleep.
ReplyDeleteSteph -- glad I'm not alone! :)
ReplyDeleteKate -- I should try the key work idea....
Zzzzzzzzs.
ReplyDeleteInteresting question Deena. This definitely happens to me too, but I usually get up and write. If I don't I won't remember my ideas. But maybe I need to just sleep, so I'm motivated in the morning to get right into it.
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