Maria Mathis
I'm fortunate to have never experienced this. (Knock on wood!) Whenever my mind is at rest, like driving or in the shower or falling asleep, my characters start interacting. I usually have a notepad (or a napkin or a receipt) around and jot down what I saw them doing or heard them saying, then the next time I'm at my computer, I start fleshing it out.
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