Writing when tired

[Bowler1]

There's a novel solution, sick leave. Very temping to be sure, but I think I'll be good.

 

[Mouse]

Eek (a very mousey response), are you sure?

Nope.

 

[jastius]

You could open up the spoken words to typescript thing is and recite the dialogue in a screen if your hands hurt too much to type.
Sometimes my hands go funny and I talk my story out.
Sometimes I argue out a scene block, and suddenly I am back in business.
I find I have a lot of energy to write the good words, its the boring ones that make me tired of it.

Speaking of tiredness, are you certain you have enough vitamins?
If you don't already take them, having a multivitamin in the afternoon can give you a bit more vim.
Sometimes its the magnesium, especially if you have deep achy muscles. Cramps is generally b6 and or potassium.
Anyways you could always take a nap then get up in half an hour or so and get back to it.

 

[Bowler1]

Weirdly, I have had the odd cramp recently. I think I'll stock up on some multi vitamins, can't hurt. I'd love naps even more, but that my good buddy, won't happen until the Christmas holidays.

 

[Phyrebrat]

When I'm tired my writing involves turning on the PS3 and playing one of the Dead Space or Assassin's Creed games

pH

 

[jastius]

When I'm tired my writing involves turning on the PS3 and playing one of the Dead Space or Assassin's Creed games

pH

Oh, those are well written!
i have used some of their lines to spark ideas, and sometimes use an image from them to spark a scene description..
do you sort of think of your plot problem at the back of your mind and have your pencil and paper there to take notes on the fly? Or waít til later?
me i have to get the notes, ( word images + speech idea 'sounds') down right away before i get distracted and my train of thought derails.
the jottings become the seeds of new scenes, but i suppose thats a newbie writer's love of Hemingway's writing in notebooks style crutch.