It was close to 2 am a couple of days back and I had been drifting in and out of the earliest stages of sleep when out of the blue, the opening chapter for my second novel finally came together in my head. What is it about stage one sleep that is so helpful? Stage one sleep is also the most common stage for people to experience ghosts. If you believe in that sort of thing, that is. Are they hypnagogic/hypnopompic hallucinations or is our mind the most open then since we are somewhere between conscious and subconscious? Just wondering but thankful either way!