Receptivity

"The Writer has to achieve a passive alertness--perhaps the hunter waiting in the duck blind, perhaps the lover waiting for a marriage proposal, perhaps the state trooper hidden just over the rise in the turnpike."
"Robert Frost talked of writing topics being like burrs that stick to you when you walk through a field."
The writer must able to see the another point of view when writing with a pause that expects a sudden action.
The ideas should able to stick with you, as you are writing and not forget them when writing your final draft.