This is a term I've just made up, although it may already be a thing. I think 'in between time' for me is; when you're in a state of channeling imagenitive thoughts. Right...what am I talking about? 

As a writer there are the times when you sit down, write and think, obviously! But, there's a period - a kind of open thoughts time when your mind is processing all kinds of things. I'm writing this because it just happened to me. I got up early this morning for a toilet break and a glass of water, but when I went back to bed, I was in limbo.

I wasn't fully sleeping, and I wasn't totally awake either. In this 'in between time' which lasted about an hour: I found that I could set out plotlines, work on characters, descriptions, even dialogue, and get a real feel for the project I'm working on right now. My lids were closed and my eyes were in REM (rapid eye movement) but there was no distraction from any outside source. It's an uninterrupted void.

I'll expect lots of you creative types out there have experienced the same thing. It doesn't have to be about writing or art or the arts. It could be about anything really. But I love that period of the thought process, when I feel like I'm in a different universe. It's like tuning in a radio station, you hit the perfect spot and you're alingned with all of your imagination. 

I just thought I'd share that with you.