Always Inspiring Darren Daily Podcast

Someone at work turned me on to this series of podcasts from Darren Hardy.  Always good advice on motivation and getting what you want out of life. 

Something, I think, as writers, we struggle with. Writing is a lonely business. Friends and relatives might not understand that getting a book launched off your desk and published is a lot of work. Hours taken from your home and family as you huddle over the computer, covered in ink stains, guzzling coffee, killing off  characters you put a lot of work into creating. Oy! And then comes the editing and more editing and finally your beta reader who hands it back to you for more editing... need I go on? 

So here's two minutes of inspiration; 

Write on my friends...you can do it! 

Have a good think

Sometimes when I'm in the middle of one story something else pops into my head and I desperately want to start it. Ideas can be illusive creatures that slip away when you're not looking. Poof! That great thing bouncing around in your head suddenly blends back into the muddy recesses of your brain and it's gone...at least for now....at least you hope it's just for now.
So when one of these great ideas pops into my brain I blurb it. Pop open the Word doc and start scribbling ideas at the speed of light. Punctuation and spelling be damned. The idea doesn't care,it's not your 10th grade English teacher who's going to harp on every little comma, it has a life of its own. The idea splashes itself across the page seeking it's bliss.
Then I have to sigh, take a deep breath and close it up to hide away for a rainy day while I go back to the real world of my WIP.
So where do you keep your great ideas? How do you not forget?