Back in 2012, I kept a notebook full of story ideas from random dreams.

Now I use a voice memo app on my phone to capture them before they fade. The switch happened about five years ago when I lost the notebook on a train in Boston. What's your weirdest method for catching a prompt before it's gone?

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hunt.quinn2mo agoTop Commenter

Losing that notebook must have been brutal.

adamgreen2mo ago

Yeah brutal is the right word. Was it a physical notebook or digital notes that got lost? The physical ones are way worse, feels like losing a piece of your brain. I lost one years ago and still wonder what was in it.

karen_west592mo ago

Honestly, a mate of mine had this happen with a physical moleskine he'd been keeping for like 3 years. He left it on a train, and he still talks about it - specifically the random stuff like a diner receipt with a phone number on it or a half-scribbled idea for a band name that he swore was gonna be his big break. @adamgreen, you're right, it's the wondering that gets you. He says it's worse than losing a phone because you can't even make up that digital backup fantasy.