Comments on: How much sleep do writers need? https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/ & Gray-Grant Communications Fri, 27 Dec 2024 18:32:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/#comment-10717 Sat, 01 Sep 2018 12:32:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=9151#comment-10717 In reply to Maureen Bayless.

What a great idea, Maureen!

]]> By: Maureen Bayless https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/#comment-10716 Sat, 01 Sep 2018 12:01:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=9151#comment-10716 Have you considered that as summer winds down, you are merely preparing for a winter migration to a sunnier time zone like Hawaii?

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/#comment-10715 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 18:45:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=9151#comment-10715 In reply to Maureen Bayless.

You are already a congenital high-achiever, Maureen!

]]> By: Maureen Bayless https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/#comment-10714 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:04:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=9151#comment-10714 I was really excited when I skim-read “3 minutes” at the top of your article. Thought I was going to start today as a high achiever. 🙂

Thank you for sharing this reminder about sleep. I am going to go back to bed and study it.

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/#comment-10712 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:28:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=9151#comment-10712 In reply to Jagadish Kumar.

Discipline is important but so is knowledge! We know a lot more about sleep than we did 50 years ago (for example, we now understand the disruptive nature of light).

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/#comment-10713 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:28:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=9151#comment-10713 In reply to william stoner.

I agree — sleep is absolutely essential!

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/#comment-10711 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 03:27:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=9151#comment-10711 In reply to Clarke Echols.

I think you’re just illustrating how our bodies decide FOR us whether we’re night owls or morning larks. It’s very hard to override basic human biology!

]]> By: william stoner https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/#comment-10710 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 20:30:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=9151#comment-10710 I have no difficulty drifting off if I’ve exercised vigorously earlier in the day. I have a light dinner around 6 pm and generally find myself falling asleep between 8:30 pm and 9 pm. I start to awaken around 4 am, but I take my time getting up. Valuable thoughts do develop overnight. Sometimes ideas develop during a period of wakefulness after I’ve been woken by a disturbance. In that event, I let my mind wander until I fall back to sleep. From years of sleeping in noisy places like dorms, bunkrooms, and motels with thin walls, I’ve learned to make a serious effort to darken the room and to keep foam earplugs handy. On many occasions, I’ve awoken from disturbances while wearing foam earplugs, so I don’t have concerns about sleeping during a fire emergency. Flushing of toxins has been observed in a rat brain while the rat slept. See https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/brain-may-flush-out-toxins-during-sleep. I have also read that if fruit flies are prevented from sleeping, they soon die. Sleep is essential to life, so don’t shortchange yourself.

]]> By: Daphne Gray-Grant https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/#comment-10709 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 12:49:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=9151#comment-10709 In reply to David Carlson.

Glad to hear she can still read!

]]> By: Jagadish Kumar https://www.publicationcoach.com/how-much-sleep-do-writers-need/#comment-10708 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 07:16:00 +0000 http://pubcoach2018.wpengine.com/?p=9151#comment-10708 Sleeping well boils down to a matter of discipline. If it leads to creativity, the writers had better sleep sufficiently.

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