Writing

When I was a little kid, I had trouble falling asleep. I think it was because my mom thought I needed 12 hours sleep like many other kids, but I just needed 8 hours. Always have. So I would play in the dark, or sneak down the hall and watch the Johnny Carson Show through the reflection in the hall mirror so I wouldn't be detected by my parents sitting on the couch. (I was never caught). I would try counting - by 5's seemed to work the best for me, and sometimes I would write stories. When I was older, I'd compose business letters for the next day at work. And now sometimes I compose blog posts. I have some great subjects laying in bed at night but I don't write them down because I'm all snuggled in bed and at that time my reasoning is 'if I had the thought once, I'll have it again'. Except in the morning too much is going on already and I can't seem to recall what I had mentally written last night.

My brother has told me that he's laid in bed writing novels, but I don't  believe he's ever attempted to put pen to paper for any of them.  I think he just does it as a way to calm his mind down so he can sleep as well. In fact, I did see 'make up a story in your head' as a hint for falling asleep on a couple insomnia websites.

So I'm curious, do you do your best writing in your head while trying to fall asleep?