WIP Challenge Check-in, Day 5 -- Thursday

[linaewen]

Hello on Thursday!  What kind of a writing day has it been today -- or yesterday, if today hasn't gotten going yet?

•     I thought about my fic once or twice
•     I wrote
•     I did some planning and/or research
•     I edited
•     I've sent my fic off to my beta
•     I posted today!
•     I'm taking a break
•     I did something else that I'll talk about in a comment

Thursday Discussion - Do you get story ideas at night as you are dropping off to sleep?  What do you do to preserve these ideas?  Hope you'll remember in the morning?  Get up and write?  Keep pen and notepad by your bed?  Write a memo in your phone?

Comments

[linaewen]

I am working on planning/research, hope to get some new words written, as well.

If the idea is too extensive (like when I actually start writing paragraphs in my head), I have to get up and write, even if I'm tired and don't feel like getting up. Otherwise, I usually will make a note of it, either on paper or in my phone if it's handy. I have learned the hard way not to assume I'll remember in the morning!

[samuraiter]

Today was for going to work and battling the snow. As a result, I'm really, really tired. No writing right now. Maybe tomorrow morning. x_X

For me, the best times for ideas are right before falling asleep and right after waking up (and then usually going back to sleep). More often than not, I can remember them unassisted, but, later, they sometimes don't sound as good on paper as they did in my head.