You do your best thinking when doing something else (something physical)

It’s no secret. When you’re trying too hard to solve a story problem, you come up blank. But once you start doing something else, usually something physical and mundane where you don’t have to think, your mind keeps working in the background and suddenly comes up with a solution that’s perfect.

Agatha Christie did all her plotting while doing the dishes. 

For me it’s cooking and laundry. When I get stuck, I go down to the kitchen to eat a snack or cook some food and eat it, and I concentrate...