tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17495894.post5213171582262452045..comments2023-09-18T10:59:20.448-05:00Comments on Five Bazillion and One: When My Mind Works BestAnne Mateerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330467138236037032noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17495894.post-1427230214713512622010-01-11T12:28:02.416-06:002010-01-11T12:28:02.416-06:00Forgive me, but I had to laugh at this post -- jus...Forgive me, but I had to laugh at this post -- just because I could relate so much. I've been struggling with the plotting of a first novel that I'm working on, and the other night, while lying in bed about to fall asleep, I finally had a "great" idea about how to open the first chapter. Although I know better, I didn't get up and write it down. By morning, all I could remember was that I'd had a "great" idea for that opening. No clue what the idea was. I could've kicked myself. (Now, in the interest of honesty, it could be that the idea wasn't that great anyway, but we'll never know, will we?)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02658965317864885221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17495894.post-67446459537490098312010-01-10T13:31:16.241-06:002010-01-10T13:31:16.241-06:00"muddling through" has been known to top..."muddling through" has been known to topple nations. Don't underestimate the power of muddling.<br /><br />Keep on keeping on : )The Ray Family Adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13922895711140669386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17495894.post-18623248974168112032010-01-09T14:57:36.013-06:002010-01-09T14:57:36.013-06:00Hi, D'Ann. I agree about the tape recorder. I ...Hi, D'Ann. I agree about the tape recorder. I long ago learned that what seems so crystal clear in the evening before I sleep has faded into unconsciousness by morning. That's probably because during the night, your mind dreams them all away. So I always write down or <em>somehow</em> get into a less ethereal form anything I will want to act on, no matter if it's inconvenient, even if I later decide not to act on it after all.<br /><br />(I myself sleep next to my laptop—hey, no laughing! :-)—so I just reach over and type a one-line reminder on a virtual sticky. That usually does the trick. I also use the same method to record dreams that I want to remember.<br /><br />-TimKAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01317561917487132989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17495894.post-58278666269982563432010-01-09T07:15:55.971-06:002010-01-09T07:15:55.971-06:00Pick up a miniature tape recorder at Radio Shack a...Pick up a miniature tape recorder at Radio Shack and put it at your bedside. Whisper your ideas into it (muffle your voice by talking into your pillow so you don't disturb your husband). In the morning, try to decipher what you mumbled.Richard Mabryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15993592219849830777noreply@blogger.com