Fileophile

If you had an idea but you forgot it, it must not have been too memorable, right?

 Wrong. It means you’re human, and humans forget things. In fact the human brain forgets millions of times more information than it will ever remember. It’s a defense mechanism that keeps us from becoming overloaded with junk, like the spam folder on an e-mail account you outgrew. It’s natural to forget things. Good, even. Just don’t let it hurt your writing.

 An idea file can be anything from a composition noteb...