Why do my best ideas for "Wings of Quiet Longing" come to me just before I fall asleep?
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Why do my best ideas for "Wings of Quiet Longing" come to me just before I fall asleep? Conversations or quotes, ideas for scenes, you name it. I swear to god, I had to make about 10 notes on my phone last night. Every time I closed my eyes, I thought of something new. Am I alone here?
@floofpaldi There's actually a science answer for that. Has to do with the chemical shift in your brain as you're gearing up to goto sleep. That sort of "soft spot" in consciousness, dream chemistry is ramping up but you're still holding on to full conscious.
If you don't get up, and at least write some notes to spur your memory on, that data is dumped. It never makes it past immediate processing (or only fragmentary) to be tagged by the secondary neural transmitters for long term storage.
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Why do my best ideas for "Wings of Quiet Longing" come to me just before I fall asleep? Conversations or quotes, ideas for scenes, you name it. I swear to god, I had to make about 10 notes on my phone last night. Every time I closed my eyes, I thought of something new. Am I alone here?
@floofpaldi Often, I try to take note and keep such thoughts on my mind!
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Why do my best ideas for "Wings of Quiet Longing" come to me just before I fall asleep? Conversations or quotes, ideas for scenes, you name it. I swear to god, I had to make about 10 notes on my phone last night. Every time I closed my eyes, I thought of something new. Am I alone here?
@floofpaldi@mindly.social nope, not alone at all. it's why I keep a dictaphone on my bedside table (I need to be able to use it in the dark without falling in the trap of getting distracted, so that rules out using my phone)
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@floofpaldi I woke up the other night and in the half hour before I drifted back to sleep I had a great idea for the ending of the WIP I'm outlining.
Stupid me didn't note it down.
I remember having the great idea. What that idea was is lost.
@Emmacox Oh no! I want to cry for you, seriously. That has to be the worst feeling in the entire world. I'm going to cross my fingers that the idea will return to you some night but write it down this time when it does. You're so clever, so it'll come back. Arms, legs, fingers, all crossed for you!
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@floofpaldi There's actually a science answer for that. Has to do with the chemical shift in your brain as you're gearing up to goto sleep. That sort of "soft spot" in consciousness, dream chemistry is ramping up but you're still holding on to full conscious.
If you don't get up, and at least write some notes to spur your memory on, that data is dumped. It never makes it past immediate processing (or only fragmentary) to be tagged by the secondary neural transmitters for long term storage.
@retech Okay, that's the most fascinating bit of information I've learned in a while. You're just a plethora of interesting facts and I absolutely love it. Thanks for clueing me in!
I guess it's a good thing that I'm always giving in, groaning and grumbling, and rolling over to reach out for my phone to write my ideas down.
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@floofpaldi Often, I try to take note and keep such thoughts on my mind!
@robbienorlyn Me too. I'm always giving in and taking notes, otherwise I'll forget by the morning.
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@floofpaldi@mindly.social nope, not alone at all. it's why I keep a dictaphone on my bedside table (I need to be able to use it in the dark without falling in the trap of getting distracted, so that rules out using my phone)
@thegoblinwitch That's a brilliant idea. For me, it's just my phone but I keep it on "bedtime mode," so everything's black and white and easier on the eyes. Then it's off to sleep for me.
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Why do my best ideas for "Wings of Quiet Longing" come to me just before I fall asleep? Conversations or quotes, ideas for scenes, you name it. I swear to god, I had to make about 10 notes on my phone last night. Every time I closed my eyes, I thought of something new. Am I alone here?
I keep thinking I made notes, and it turns out I just had a boring lucid dream about making notes about ideas I had.
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I keep thinking I made notes, and it turns out I just had a boring lucid dream about making notes about ideas I had.
@HeliaXyana Oh my god! That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. It's all very Inception-esque, don't you think? I'm so sorry that happened.
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Why do my best ideas for "Wings of Quiet Longing" come to me just before I fall asleep? Conversations or quotes, ideas for scenes, you name it. I swear to god, I had to make about 10 notes on my phone last night. Every time I closed my eyes, I thought of something new. Am I alone here?
Last night's ideas have prompted me to finally sit down and work on a new chapter. We're doing this!
*cracks knuckles*
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I keep thinking I made notes, and it turns out I just had a boring lucid dream about making notes about ideas I had.
@HeliaXyana @floofpaldi heh. Staring at the keyboard this morning. Sure I had an important detail flash through my brain last night.
Ugh. (I have a hellacious cold.) was it just a fever dream?
Coffee resurrected it. It was a nuanced - between the commas - little thing. And. It was real.
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@HeliaXyana Oh my god! That's the craziest thing I've ever heard. It's all very Inception-esque, don't you think? I'm so sorry that happened.
Ha, yeah, well, I'm pretty used to the whole lucid dreaming thing, but the missing notes mystery took me a while to figure out. I thought my notes app was broken or something, so went with pen and paper, but it kept happening. It took me waaaay too long to figure out I wasn't actually taking notes, just dreaming about taking notes. I'd be a rubbish detective.
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Ha, yeah, well, I'm pretty used to the whole lucid dreaming thing, but the missing notes mystery took me a while to figure out. I thought my notes app was broken or something, so went with pen and paper, but it kept happening. It took me waaaay too long to figure out I wasn't actually taking notes, just dreaming about taking notes. I'd be a rubbish detective.
I wake frequently thinking I've written something until it reaches my foggy brain there no computer there.
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Why do my best ideas for "Wings of Quiet Longing" come to me just before I fall asleep? Conversations or quotes, ideas for scenes, you name it. I swear to god, I had to make about 10 notes on my phone last night. Every time I closed my eyes, I thought of something new. Am I alone here?
@floofpaldi I forget my funniest shitposts this way! Either that or I sit up to post them, and then I get insomnia!
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@retech Okay, that's the most fascinating bit of information I've learned in a while. You're just a plethora of interesting facts and I absolutely love it. Thanks for clueing me in!
I guess it's a good thing that I'm always giving in, groaning and grumbling, and rolling over to reach out for my phone to write my ideas down.
@floofpaldi Sort of a dumping ground for stuff in my head. I adopted a rule when I was 8: learn something new every day and memorise it. And do not go to bed until you do.
BTW, chemically in the noggin, it is very similar to the "great idea in showers" phenomenon. Tired, super relaxed, brain wanders easily.
Kind of amazing how good the brain is at taking a shitload of data, cross pollinating it, and generating new ideas.
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Why do my best ideas for "Wings of Quiet Longing" come to me just before I fall asleep? Conversations or quotes, ideas for scenes, you name it. I swear to god, I had to make about 10 notes on my phone last night. Every time I closed my eyes, I thought of something new. Am I alone here?
@floofpaldi nooope you're not.
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@Emmacox Oh no! I want to cry for you, seriously. That has to be the worst feeling in the entire world. I'm going to cross my fingers that the idea will return to you some night but write it down this time when it does. You're so clever, so it'll come back. Arms, legs, fingers, all crossed for you!
@floofpaldi I fear it has gone forever. Hopefully an even better idea will present itself. I'm about 3/4 done with the outline, but the last part needs a clever way for the antagonist get what's coming for him.
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@HeliaXyana @floofpaldi heh. Staring at the keyboard this morning. Sure I had an important detail flash through my brain last night.
Ugh. (I have a hellacious cold.) was it just a fever dream?
Coffee resurrected it. It was a nuanced - between the commas - little thing. And. It was real.
@slott56 @HeliaXyana I'm glad it finally came to you after the coffee settled in your system and helped! It sounds like a beautiful little thing as well!
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Ha, yeah, well, I'm pretty used to the whole lucid dreaming thing, but the missing notes mystery took me a while to figure out. I thought my notes app was broken or something, so went with pen and paper, but it kept happening. It took me waaaay too long to figure out I wasn't actually taking notes, just dreaming about taking notes. I'd be a rubbish detective.
@HeliaXyana We would both be rubbish detectives, so you aren't alone. I'm snickering over here. That's just too funny. Dreams are so weird, dude.
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@floofpaldi Sort of a dumping ground for stuff in my head. I adopted a rule when I was 8: learn something new every day and memorise it. And do not go to bed until you do.
BTW, chemically in the noggin, it is very similar to the "great idea in showers" phenomenon. Tired, super relaxed, brain wanders easily.
Kind of amazing how good the brain is at taking a shitload of data, cross pollinating it, and generating new ideas.
@retech But that's just the smartest thing to do, learning a little something every single day and trying your best to retain it. The human brain is a fascinating thing. And speaking of the brain, I agree with all of that. It happens to me in the shower just as much as before bed. I keep joking that I need a waterproof pad and pencil, just to try down the best of my ideas when I'm showering lmao.
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