Hypnagogia is a stage right between waking and sleeping wherein the mind is relaxed and the subconscious is more accessible. In the morning, you come out of it and at night, you sink into it. If you can perfect a technique on how to use it, you will become very productive.
'Hypnagogic' and 'hypnopompic' were terms coined by two scholars in the 1800's. They referred to the state of conscious as one slid into sleep and as one came out of sleep, respectively. 'Hypnagogia' was later coined by Dr. Andreas Mavromatis in 1983 to refer to the general state of half asleep, half awake, regardless of which way you were going.
Hypnagogia is the greatest tool for a writer. In the morning, it is best to write because of the aim to finish awake. However, you get the best bits just before dozing off, and when you try to write it down you only wake yourself up again, and may not manage even to do that. Also, it is a good time to create new ideas, just be sure to remember them in the morning.
It is amazing what can come out if you use these stages to develop your work. Sometimes if you slip too much onto the sleep side you get very strange results, but when balanced properly, this state will allow you more freedom in your writing and the ability to write much, much faster. Your sub-conscious genius is often much more accessible at this time, and your critical nature often disengaged. If you have problems coming up with ideas or being overly critical of your work, milk this state for all it's worth.
So do not waste these free episodes if you want to become a prolific writer. As you drift off contemplating on your novel, make use of every time you have at night. Allow dialogues to take place in your head and present your genius with any problems you are stuck on. In the morning, be sure that the first thing you do is to write. Write whatever answers your subconscious has thrown back at you. While still only partially awake, recall the messages of the night and write as much as you can.
You could actually come up with an entire story outline in twenty minutes if you try to write down a dream while it is still warm and malleable. If you write in this partially conscious stage, your genius can still mold the dream into a more book appropriate form. A little late than that and you will face difficulty in understanding how the dream progressed and what could make it a good book.
Train yourself to always spend the first few waking moments writing, and your last few focused on your work. There is so much energy and excitement in works created in such a way. And it happens to you twice a day! But you must learn how to use it.
'Hypnagogic' and 'hypnopompic' were terms coined by two scholars in the 1800's. They referred to the state of conscious as one slid into sleep and as one came out of sleep, respectively. 'Hypnagogia' was later coined by Dr. Andreas Mavromatis in 1983 to refer to the general state of half asleep, half awake, regardless of which way you were going.
Hypnagogia is the greatest tool for a writer. In the morning, it is best to write because of the aim to finish awake. However, you get the best bits just before dozing off, and when you try to write it down you only wake yourself up again, and may not manage even to do that. Also, it is a good time to create new ideas, just be sure to remember them in the morning.
It is amazing what can come out if you use these stages to develop your work. Sometimes if you slip too much onto the sleep side you get very strange results, but when balanced properly, this state will allow you more freedom in your writing and the ability to write much, much faster. Your sub-conscious genius is often much more accessible at this time, and your critical nature often disengaged. If you have problems coming up with ideas or being overly critical of your work, milk this state for all it's worth.
So do not waste these free episodes if you want to become a prolific writer. As you drift off contemplating on your novel, make use of every time you have at night. Allow dialogues to take place in your head and present your genius with any problems you are stuck on. In the morning, be sure that the first thing you do is to write. Write whatever answers your subconscious has thrown back at you. While still only partially awake, recall the messages of the night and write as much as you can.
You could actually come up with an entire story outline in twenty minutes if you try to write down a dream while it is still warm and malleable. If you write in this partially conscious stage, your genius can still mold the dream into a more book appropriate form. A little late than that and you will face difficulty in understanding how the dream progressed and what could make it a good book.
Train yourself to always spend the first few waking moments writing, and your last few focused on your work. There is so much energy and excitement in works created in such a way. And it happens to you twice a day! But you must learn how to use it.
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