My mind writes without the rest of me needing to know about it. Yesterday, having gone to bed the night before worrying about how to handle a very important scene, I woke just before 4am with the whole scene in my head. I ran downstairs, typed it and posted it to the fanfic community where that story is being run and then stopped to wonder if it could be called wise to be up that early on a work day.

I'm lucky at work. My employer is a writer, so she knows that my mind drifts off when I'm hoovering or dusting and she doesn't get angry if I make a note of a story idea.