Writing the First Draft

I have figured out that I do my best thinking while driving.

I drive all over the state for my job, and it's not that I'm not paying attention to the road, I swear I am, but during a three hour morning stretch down Highway 99 toward Fresno, you can only entertain yourself by staring at endless bare orchards for about ten minutes. I start brainstorming during drives like that and come up with dialog and plot ideas all of the time.

That's all good, right? The bad news is that I have forgotten 80% of what I came up with this whole week. While I think the California Highway Patrol frowns upon writing while driving, I think my first draft will go a lot faster if I can manage it somehow.

At first I thought I would be brave and try to dig through plastic bins and find my hand held recorder from college. I had this professor who talked so fast that over a third of the class dropped out by the end of two weeks. I am too lazy to tackle the garage though, and apparently you can get a brand new one from Amazon for about 20 dollars that's actually voice activated- so I think I can be technically "hands free" while driving. 

I will of course have to listen to my own voice (eeeeeeewwww) but at least I won't lose anymore "brilliant" ideas. Sweet.