The Art of “Creative Sleep”: Stephen King on Writing and Wakeful Dreaming

by Maria Popova “In both writing and sleeping, we learn to be physically still at the same time we are encouraging our minds to unlock from the humdrum rational thinking of our daytime lives.” “Sleep is the greatest creative aphrodisiac,” a wise woman once said. Like your bedroom, your writing room should be private, a place where you go to dream. King likens the creative process to a kind of wakeful dream state. In both writing and sleeping, we learn to be physically still at the same time we are encouraging our minds to unlock from the humdrum rational thinking of our daytime lives. Ultimately, this “creative sleep” is what allows us to cultivate our own worlds while writing — something stymied by the barrage of distractions that fill the spaces of everyday life. The space can be humble … and it really needs only one thing: A door you are willing to shut. King’s advice, of course, should be taken with a grain of salt: As E. Donating = Loving Brain Pickings has a free weekly newsletter.

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