In the pre-dream just before I fall asleep, I think my subconscious lets its hair down…feels free to run its mouth and tell me what it’s really thinking. And when it comes to writing, it sometimes tells me what I need to do next or what I need to do to get started or gives me that image or phrase that I needed. So aside from that misbehaving mind that’s always with me, I also have the under-me…it’s getting crowded in here!
A lot of time when I am trying to get to sleep, I think about my most recent project. In that place between being awake and being asleep, I sometimes float by a really good idea. Two (or more) ideas or concepts bang into each other. A solution to a problem that has kept me from working on a particular book gets miraculously solved. Suddenly, I see how a character really feels or what they need to do to get where they need to be. Recently, I was working on a picture book rough draft. It had been percolating for ages. I was totally pooped (and getting a cold though I didn’t know it at the time), so I laid down for a restie (that is, a nap without attempting to read). I started to think about the book, and nearly the whole text came to me…parts in the right places…good words…before I fell asleep. It just needed some tinkering and an ending when I woke.
In the pre-dream just before I fall asleep, I think my subconscious lets its hair down…feels free to run its mouth and tell me what it’s really thinking. And when it comes to writing, it sometimes tells me what I need to do next or what I need to do to get started or gives me that image or phrase that I needed. So aside from that misbehaving mind that’s always with me, I also have the under-me…it’s getting crowded in here!
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About MeTim is a writer, book reviewer and Librarian. He has a Master's of Library Science and was on the Newbery Committee twice. Technology scares and often annoys him, but he is always game for a silly costume! Archives
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