Writer friends, you know when you’re working on that novel and the ideas are flowing and it’s just magic and you’re in the zone?
You just know what you’re writing is amazing and it’s just this rush of excitement and energy and brain juice and you just cannot stop. I dub this…the Writer’s High. Then you look at the little clock in the corner of your of your computer screen. It’s 2 AM. Oh, crap. I should probably go to bed
Those of you who don’t have the fortune of being a full-time, unpaid writer like me feel this the hardest. You just know, as you lay your head down on that pillow, that tomorrow…is…going…to…suck. (If it makes you feel better, writer friends, I usually end up waking up around 7:30 anyway cuz that’s my brain; hence this blog post instead of working on that WIP). If you’re like me, you still not going to be able to shut your brain off. Oh, the sacrifices we make for our craft.
The antidote? (for me anyway)
Okay, so my coffee is nowhere near that fancy this morning. Just good ol’ American drip coffee. After I ingest enough, hopefully I’ll be able to get to the many (many) writing tasks I have on the docket for this week.
Who’s with me? Has this ever happened to you, writer friends?
Sarah J. Carlson 
I don’t drink coffee (nor tea), but I’m a night writer, anyway. My best creative time tends to be between 10 pm – 2 am. I usually research and edit during daylight.
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Yes! My brain’s awesome 10pm-2am; also about 8:30-11:00 am.
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I have had to curtail my night writing, which just plain sucks. But 5 days a week I have to be up at 5:20 am for a full 8-5 workday (and 1.5 hour commute on each end of that), so being exhausted just isn’t an option. Except for the occasional Friday night.. Then all bed are off and I’ll just suffer the consequences all weekend.
I do really miss the days of being able to vanish into a story until I literally was unable to keep my eyes open – that is the best thing ever!
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It is an amazing feeling! Pesky real life and jobs and family getting in the way :P. Do you mentally write your story on your terribly long commute? I used to do that sometimes 😛
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I’m on the bus, so I can do some actual writing-writing if the bus is empty enough, otherwise I will do story trouble-shooting if I have the brain power (some of the return commutes I don’t have the brain power for much beyond “ooh, look, there’s a tree… hi tree…bye tree…”
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Tooootally wrote on the bus today…and pretty much every time I ride the same one for more than 30 mins. I feel ya!
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You know it’s time to head to bed when you take a brief pause to tilt your head and think of the perfect word, and suddenly find yourself snorting awake again.
Yes, this has happened to me on multiple occasions. 😉
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Hahaha I’ve been there… LOL. Or when that cloud descends on your brain and you can’t think of words….
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I have learned to function on very little sleep. For some reason when the sun goes down my mind comes alive. I wish 2 am was when I was laying down for sleep, but it’s usually more like 4 or 5am.
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Yeah, my brain is not always very coorperative! It likes to write like 8:30-11:30, then late afternoon, then like 9 pm to maybe 2 am. LOL.
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LOVE that writer’s high! You have to grab it with both hands and hold on for the ride. Sleep later. Coffee, repeat (if you’re lucky).
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PRECISELY! We’ll see how I get on today 😛 Happy writing and many writer’s highs to you!
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