Just make sure to jot down every thought and elaboration of those thoughts as they come to you, no matter what time of day they come. Save post-8pm for going back and hashing them out into a full-on blog post.
Extremely important. The pieces will all come to you in little bits over time, until you have enough thoughts that you can form a longer story.
To manage it, I keep a _drafts folder in my Jekyll [1] repo which I quickly switch to and from using the project switcher in Sublime. And I use Squarespace Note [2] to jot down ideas from my phone if I have one while I'm going to sleep.
