Stephen King keeps pen and paper beside the bed. He once claimed there were at least 4 ideas written down one morning, but had no memory of waking to write them.
Wow, that happens to me, but with ways to do stuff a work. I am lucky because with an Mobile device I get up and text myself. Sadly, sometimes the spell checker ‘corrects’ my idea into something I don’t understand by morning. sigh….
Seinfield had an episode similar to this situation. It turned out that the idea was a poor one. I often have dreams that are so vivid that it takes a little time to shake off the effects. I have thought about using them for the basis of a story until closer examination revealed their lack of logical flow.
Start talking to your wife about it. Vocalizing it solidifies it in your memory. The reason dreams fade is that we stop thinking on them when we wake. We usually remember the dreams we tell others about.
I composed a song in my dream once…woke up and sang it into my phone recorder so I wouldn’t forget it. The next day I listened back and realized I had just “composed” the Gillette ‘Look Sharp March’.
mafastore almost 6 years ago
Oh, I know that feeling so well. I can forget things nowadays between putting my hands on the keyboard and hitting the first key. :-)
Enter.Name.Here almost 6 years ago
Bedside tape recorder,….. must order now,…….. where credit card?
nosirrom almost 6 years ago
If it’s good, he’ll remember it. If it’s bad, it’s just as well he forgot.
Doctor Toon almost 6 years ago
There is a book/comic book/ movie idea I have kicked around for decades and never written
Don’t know how it works, but when I’m having trouble sleeping I run through the battle scenarios and I’m off to dreamland
Stevefk almost 6 years ago
Oh, for a moment there I thought he realized that he should go out and get a real job and be able to gossip around the water cooler.
keltii almost 6 years ago
Stephen King keeps pen and paper beside the bed. He once claimed there were at least 4 ideas written down one morning, but had no memory of waking to write them.
jpayne4040 almost 6 years ago
It just came to tease you, Adam!
Prey almost 6 years ago
My “senior moments” are getting to be longer than my normal moments.
karmakat01 almost 6 years ago
and THAT’S WHY I CALL HI A goofball…
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Wow, that happens to me, but with ways to do stuff a work. I am lucky because with an Mobile device I get up and text myself. Sadly, sometimes the spell checker ‘corrects’ my idea into something I don’t understand by morning. sigh….
banjinshiju almost 6 years ago
Seinfield had an episode similar to this situation. It turned out that the idea was a poor one. I often have dreams that are so vivid that it takes a little time to shake off the effects. I have thought about using them for the basis of a story until closer examination revealed their lack of logical flow.
ShadowBeast Premium Member almost 6 years ago
A writer should always have a pen and paper nearby in case of inspiration.
DM2860 almost 6 years ago
Start talking to your wife about it. Vocalizing it solidifies it in your memory. The reason dreams fade is that we stop thinking on them when we wake. We usually remember the dreams we tell others about.
Lman almost 6 years ago
I composed a song in my dream once…woke up and sang it into my phone recorder so I wouldn’t forget it. The next day I listened back and realized I had just “composed” the Gillette ‘Look Sharp March’.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] almost 6 years ago
Put them near your bed, not in the kitchen.
STACEY MARSHALL Premium Member almost 6 years ago
Keep a voice recorder ready for those moments!