Last night I dreamt about MySpace and Libraries. I’m writing a book chapter for an upcoming book on NextGen reference services, and for the past week I’ve had writer’s block. I didn’t think that this was something that a technical writer could get, but sure enough, the words I wrote sounded strained and contrived. After three days of writing and deleting, I had a paragraph. Singular.
So I wasn’t surprised this morning when I woke myself up dreaming about brilliant things to say about MySpace and libraries–I often dream about stuff that’s on my mind. Rather than scuttle about in a stupor trying to find paper, I just rolled over and let more brilliant thoughts come and go. Of course they’re all gone now, but I’m hopeful that they were prophetic and I will have some insight as I settle down to write in a few minutes.
I’m sure that in our modern world, one of the Muses must preside over technical writers of all kinds. Let’s hope that was her handiwork this morning.
