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Writing > Sleeping?
Do you do your best writing when you wake up or when you are going to sleep?
Do you keep a note pad by your bed?
And finally, know of any inspiring stories involving well known authors and this subject?
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But I live with someone who writes music, and he often wakes up in the middle of the night and and can't get back to sleep until he has written down what came to him suddenly.
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I seldom have insomnia. But I have had some of my best ideas in dreams. I'm not the only one--I think the transformation sequence in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde came from one of Robert Louis Stevenson's dreams.
Jim Brewer, Cleveland, O. (also attributed to Groucho Marx)
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Definitely when sleeping, ideas come flowing through my dreams. I get characters and titles from my dreams all the time. I journal every morning and night, but I keep a note book/journal by my bed or with all the time, as well as my drawing pad roll up with colored pencils too. I have forgotten too many things in the past!
― Ernest Hemingway
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The one that really comes to mind is Stephen King.
He and his family were staying at an historic hotel or B&B (I can't remember which).
It still had the original fire hoses on each floor.
He saw them and he just kept imagine them coming to life.
(This is not verbatim.)
Anyway, he tried to fall asleep, but instead wound up outlining what would turn out to be The Shining.
If you want the actual story read his book On Writing. It's an inspiring read.
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Grief is just love with no place to go.
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Graverobber wrote:I've heard a few stories from authors about isomnia and writing.
The one that really comes to mind is Stephen King.
He and his family were staying at an historic hotel or B&B (I can't remember which).
It still had the original fire hoses on each floor.
He saw them and he just kept imagine them coming to life.
(This is not verbatim.)
Anyway, he tried to fall asleep, but instead wound up outlining what would turn out to be The Shining.
If you want the actual story read his book On Writing. It's an inspiring read.
That's crazy! In an awesome way, of course! And a creepy awesome way as well.
This is not quite the same thing, but I have a big chest is my dining room, and I can see the shadow of it when I am lying in bed at night, and I always think it is a person standing in there. If I focus too hard on it before I sleep, it freaks me out. I could probably come up with some kind of horror story from that, right? No, don't wanna.
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I've always had an over active imagination.ALynnPowers wrote:Graverobber wrote:I've heard a few stories from authors about isomnia and writing.
The one that really comes to mind is Stephen King.
He and his family were staying at an historic hotel or B&B (I can't remember which).
It still had the original fire hoses on each floor.
He saw them and he just kept imagine them coming to life.
(This is not verbatim.)
Anyway, he tried to fall asleep, but instead wound up outlining what would turn out to be The Shining.
If you want the actual story read his book On Writing. It's an inspiring read.
That's crazy! In an awesome way, of course! And a creepy awesome way as well.
This is not quite the same thing, but I have a big chest is my dining room, and I can see the shadow of it when I am lying in bed at night, and I always think it is a person standing in there. If I focus too hard on it before I sleep, it freaks me out. I could probably come up with some kind of horror story from that, right? No, don't wanna.
If I want to I can really freak myself out.
That's probably why nothing I read scares me.
It's a fun thing to have though.
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Grief is just love with no place to go.
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I often come up with ideas for my writing as I'm falling asleep or right after I wake up, so I keep a notebook on my nightstand.