You've just reminded me...I've trained myself to work (for TV) during the daylight hours. (Well, after 10am, that is. Let's be real.) So I don't have to work nights and weekends...except this one time when my baby was really teeny tiny, I was forced to do the night shift for a while. 10pm to 1am-ish. All alone, tapping away while the house was still, I got a spooky revelation on how to unlock a scene that just wasn't working. Somehow I don't think it would've hit me during the 'safety' of daylight. Hmm...maybe I'll start trying out those night shifts again. After the disco nap, of course.

Oh, kiwichick, your story reminds me of some advice I read from the screenwriter Alvin Sargent. I'll post that soon as another edition of Dumb Little Writing Tricks That Work.

I would add that many see naps as akin to being LAZY.

I'm not a bit nap person but I do know how to stretch out on my big comfy sofa and let my thoughts wander and daydream. So refreshing! Same as a nap I'd guess.