I’ve heard that people spend up to 30 percent of their day daydreaming- or at least not concentrating on what they’re doing. It’s also been found that daydreamers who realize that they’re daydreaming are more creative.
Let’s put this together, writers: what if that 30 percent was spent plotting, or working out plot kinks?
Demanding? Yes. Rewarding? Definitely.
If we all spent at least one day where every time we caught our minds wandering, we started plotting instead, the writing itself would be a piece of cake. I’ve been doing this for a while now- if I find myself daydreaming, I start plotting. It really does work.
If you’re really stuck, then just do this: whatever situation you’re living in your head at the moment when you catch yourself, put a character in it instead. See what your main character or side characters would do. (It’s interestingand character development. A win-win.)
Try it out and see. You never know- the solution to that plot knot of yours may just be a daydream away.
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