This year for the A-Z Challenge, I'm attempting to act like I know what I'm talking about and offering advice about writing. Let's see how I do!
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Your writing
will be better if you’re well rested. Our
brains get fuzzy if we don’t get enough sleep.
I’m a complete hypocrite for saying that you should get enough sleep,
since I rarely get enough myself. My
issue is that I tend to get most of my story ideas at night, and once I get
swept up in a story, it’s hard to put it down.
And even when I go to bed, my busy mind can keep me awake for hours
sometimes. Night owls with children are
bound to struggle with these things, I guess.
Still, if
I don’t get a bare minimum of sleep, the writing I might manage to produce
suffers. So how do you find the proper
balance that allows you to make the most of your creativity while getting
enough rest?
Lately, I’ve
tried to go to bed by a certain time, even if the ideas are abundant. This isn’t always easy. I find that if I take notes about the ideas I
feel compelled to get down on paper, I’m able to calm my brain enough to fall
asleep. Most of the time, anyway.
J here, of the #atozchallenge Arlee Bird's A to Z Ambassador Team.
ReplyDeleteHave you enjoyed the challenge? Did you hop to other blogs? The end of the alphabet here! Reflections sign up is May 9-- mark a calendar.
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Ahh, the age old question-- how much sleep is too much, and how much is not enough? The debate never ends!!
And that's why we have coffee.
Congratulations on finishing the A to Z! Of course, there was no doubt that you would, but still, isn't it wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your support!
Happy May - may you catch up on some sleep. Something I never get enough of either! :)
My brain shuts down before ten, so staying up late to write just isn't an option.
ReplyDeleteI used to think that I was a night writer...but now I'm not so sure...
ReplyDeleteIt's a wrap!
Congrats on reaching the finishing line.
See you again next year - same time, same place!
Writer In Transit
Congrats on making it to the end. I only made it to W.
ReplyDeleteI write so much better at night, but sometimes the desire to sleep and the desire to write start battling. Usually sleep wins.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing the challenge!
Early morning is my writing time. Up with the birds when it's quiet inside. Congratulations on making it to Z.
ReplyDeleteToday finishing the challenge was the first thing I did after getting out of bed. I felt I did a better job because I was well rested and my mind was not yet cluttered. Most days I'm not able to write first thing in the morning. I will strive to write early more often. Great post.
ReplyDeleteGlad to have learned few things from your blog! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteSeena
#AtoZChallenge - Z is for Zzzzz
I can't write if I'm too tried. I have tried, but my muse is silent. Once I figured that out, I got more productive because I wasn't trying to force myself.
ReplyDeleteCongrats on beating the challenge and sharing your wisdom. =)
I'm not a writer, but I totally understand what you mean about not being able to shut your brain off at night. I am so much more of a night person, which just doesn't jive in the real world!
ReplyDelete~Katie
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