Comments on: Always at night…

By: Caro Kinkead

Caro Kinkead — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:24:54 +0000

Sleeping on a plot problem often works for me, though the shower is a good source of inspiration (may have to try those bathtub crayons).

I also find that Sunday morning is a great moment to solve plot problems. My mind drifts during services and the solution comes to me. I don’t think that’s exactly what the sermon is meant to do, but the quiet of the chapel really does seem to help the thought processes.

By: Karen Duvall

Karen Duvall — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 16:09:47 +0000

Shiloh, this is my process to a T. 8^) In bed, at night or upon waking, is when I sort through all my plot stuff. It’s when I solve my plot snafus, and when I realize mistakes I’ve made that I need to got back to correct.

The shower works, too, and I’ve thought about covering the shower wall with plastic wrap and using a sharpie so that it won’t wash off, lol! Then I can take a picture of what I’ve written with my digital camera, load the shot on my computer, and type everything I wronte in the shower into the book. But I’d probably end up running out of hot water before my brainstorm was done.

By: Keziah Fenton

Keziah Fenton — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:01:55 +0000

Like Kerry most of my insight happens in the shower. That’s why I have a pack of bathtub crayons in there.

I think it has something to do with focus. You’re so concentrated on one aspect that you can’t see anything else. When you turn your attention elsewhere, voila, the solution can be seen. My .02 cents.

By: Kerry Allen

Kerry Allen — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:32:09 +0000

I think the “brink-of-sleep flash of insight” has something to do with clearing your head in preparation for shutting down for the night. That frees up brain cells that weren’t previously available to address your creative issues and maybe come at it from a new vantage point. (It’s all highly scientific, I swear.)

Ah, who needs sleep anyway? Gotta prioritize!

A lot of my plot knots also unravel in the shower…