My alter-ego, who’s albatross is talking me off apparent nocturnal ledges, perennially thinks we will remember our conversations in the morning.
Last night, an idea sprung into my should-be slumbering head.
“It’ll be perfect to write about today!”
I began crafting the opening paragraph, outlining the rest until…
“Enough already you!”
Promising we’d remember a few hours hence is not a worthy wager, but speculation is what you bargain with where sleep is concerned.
Nighttime’s artistry and sunrise words merge.
Damn if I can only remember it'd something to do with Thanksgiving dinner.
And the Pulitzer slips away…
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The word was "Dinner" over at 100-word Challenge hosted by Tara at Thin Spiral Notebook.
(And this is what I am doing instead of getting ready for a feast for 20. Priorities!)
The biggest lie writers tell themselves... I don't have to write that idea down, I'll remember it.
ReplyDeleteHave a happy Thanksgiving!
For me, this time, it was about priorities. Since I haven't been sleeping all that great, I pushed back the urge to jot a note in the journal that sits on my nightstand. I have messy handwriting during waking hours. You could imagine the chicken scrawl with no lights on. I might not have even been able to decipher it. Those are my excuses and I'm sticking to them! The sleep part is true though.
DeleteI hate it when I think of a great idea in the middle of the night and then it completely disappears in the morning :)
ReplyDeleteMe, too! Mostly I get partial disappearing; it's usuallly the good part!
DeleteThat is totally me! I always have great writing ideas when I'm drifting off to sleep, and in the morning wonder why I thought my ideas were so wonderful because they just don't look as good on paper....
ReplyDeleteHahaha! Yes! Everything is much more interesting and vivid with our eyes closed!
DeleteYeah, even if I remember to write stuff down these days, it's even money that I'll look at it and say "What?"
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