I was sitting here reading blogs, making some comments...you know....doing the whole blogging thing. Then an idea popped in my head for a great blog! I was going to start it right away, but I said to myself, "No, let's finish reading these one first."
Big mistake....
Idea is gone....buh bye.....
*Sigh*
This has happened to me on more than one occasion. I get a great story idea and I don't have a pen and paper handy...so I tell myself it's okay and I'll remember it. Nope...I never do. If it's not out of my brain and on paper immediately it's forgotten.
I have an entire file on my computer devoted to story ideas. Each one of my flashes of inspiration get turned into a file...some get names...like one idea..all I have is a name. Others get named "Untitled" and are assigned a number (the last got #14). I type whatever came into my mind...a plot-line, a situation, sometimes even a few lines of dialog, whatever....Then when I'm ready to start a new project, my ideas are there waiting for me.
What do you do with the ideas that float into your brain???
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I hate it when that happens, too! I normally try to write my ideas down, but if I don't have a pen, well...
ReplyDeleteMost of the time I forget them, which I hate, but for blog ideas I scribble them down on a piece of paper and keep it on the desk. LOL! It's a great way to not lose those ideas. :-)
ReplyDeleteI started a file on my computer for blog ideas! So if I get one while I'm on the computer, no problem...if not...welll...I resort to the pen and paper thing if there's one handy!
ReplyDeleteI have several notebooks lying around the house that I jot down notes in. They even make sense later--usually. :P
ReplyDeletewriet them down immediately - ive learned the hardway.
ReplyDeleteI'm the same way, I lose ideas as quickly as I get them if i don't write them down. I always try to have a pen and notebook nearby, especially next to my bed since most of my ideas come right before i fall asleep or right when i wake up.
ReplyDeleteI try to write 'em down. Otherwise, I experience the same thing you did.
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Lynnette Labelle
http://lynnettelabelle.blogspot.com
Hugs. I hate it when I forget an idea. Believe me, I've done it, too.
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