Clarity often steps from the shadows after midnight. Words that never materialized during the day suddenly take on flesh and they flow from the writer's fingers. The silence of the hours after midnight often energize creativity. When morning comes, it is particularly refreshing because the writer's labor already is accomplished.
For the writer who discovers clarity at night, this is the chief aim of writing. Before a person is moved by a story or prose, the writer herself was first transported into clarity.
