tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post8706770150415902344..comments2024-03-29T10:59:34.918-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Can Dreams Help You Write Your Novel? by Connie BerryJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-55190733075370527742019-11-19T17:27:25.256-05:002019-11-19T17:27:25.256-05:00Ah, the unprepared dream. Mine was always the same...Ah, the unprepared dream. Mine was always the same: I'm at school in a long shirt but I forgot to wear pants. <br /><br />I have had several dreams that were full stories but I never wrote them. This is a great breakdown, Connie. Maybe I'll use my next dramatic dream for a story.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-15602989038842657932019-11-19T12:07:29.995-05:002019-11-19T12:07:29.995-05:00The opening scene of the first novel I ever wrote ...The opening scene of the first novel I ever wrote came to me in a very vivid dream.Marilyn Levinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424778692932139865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-16899273856849771792019-11-18T15:06:00.650-05:002019-11-18T15:06:00.650-05:00Dreams: the lost dream (final exams), the locked r...Dreams: the lost dream (final exams), the locked room dream (high school locker), the children in peril dream (thankfully, not as often now that they're young adults), the empathy for victims dream (sexual assault, missing children). Fewer dreams, more in color than the usual black-and-white. Great source of emotion traits!<br /><br />Kait, do you remember the Triffids movie about plant aliens stalking humans? Every time I ate broccoli I dreamed about Triffids.Margaret S. Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07810307017440257313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-90950773820553551472019-11-18T13:42:23.276-05:002019-11-18T13:42:23.276-05:00I don't seem to dream like I once did. I remem...I don't seem to dream like I once did. I remember vivid dreams from years and years ago, but recently, if I have a bad dream, I'll wake up with a feeling of unease, but no specifics. I just know something bad happened to me while I was asleep. I used to ALWAYS dream of flying--a beautiful, euphoric feeling, BUT, I got higher and higher and couldn't stop going higher. So eventually, I started plunging. That part terrified me and I woke up. Everything is material, right?Kaye Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596677617002735674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-3525353217725785282019-11-18T11:48:43.530-05:002019-11-18T11:48:43.530-05:00While on a new cancer medication I had a horrendou...While on a new cancer medication I had a horrendous nightmare and woke up in a cold sweat. I was able to add some of that emotion to a short story that came out very well.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-77620380368501176132019-11-18T09:55:54.797-05:002019-11-18T09:55:54.797-05:00Connie, I'm so relieved that I'm not the o...Connie, I'm so relieved that I'm not the only one with the out-of-control driving dream. I've had it where I'm driving the car backwards, I'm driving the car with all the windows obscured by snow, and one particularly horrifying dream where the car was driven by a person who had died years before. Clearly I need some time with a therapist to talk about control.... I hope someday I'll have your driving dream, KM.<br />Very cool post, Connie. Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-44559572328943110442019-11-18T09:53:17.123-05:002019-11-18T09:53:17.123-05:00What a great analogy. I often remember bits of my...What a great analogy. I often remember bits of my dreams, but not as much as I would like to remember. My scariest, being attached by a giant ant. I've had the dream as long as I can remember and it is only recently that I made the connection to the SciFi movie THEM from the 1950s. I must have seen it as a child and it haunted me ever since.<br /><br />Like Susan, my dreams often help me solve plot problems.Kaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07758348842858993203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-1117743260689595372019-11-18T09:00:29.316-05:002019-11-18T09:00:29.316-05:00I used to have an out-of-control driving dream unt...I used to have an out-of-control driving dream until once, in the dream, I looked down and realized that I was driving a standard shift car, and as soon as I used the clutch, the car was back under my control.<br /><br />I have never had that dream since. I can only figure that some dilemma in my life was resolved, but I have no idea what it was.KM Rockwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03973749764907859829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-37537372292701631932019-11-18T08:01:14.361-05:002019-11-18T08:01:14.361-05:00I often find dreams help me solve plot problems. A...I often find dreams help me solve plot problems. Annette, your fire dream was the central idea and beginning of my first mystery, Three May Keep a Secret. Grace Kimball, my main character, is haunted by a fire from her past and dreams about it when she is feeling anxious or uncertain. <br />Great post, Connie. Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14080938779828043023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-2413718386619714782019-11-18T05:49:47.904-05:002019-11-18T05:49:47.904-05:00I don't remember specific dreams, although the...I don't remember specific dreams, although there have definitely been some crazy ones. I have had a recurring one, dealing with fire. The meaning of it is pretty clear to me. The dreams (nightmares) began after our barn burned down when I was a kid. Even now, if I watch a movie or TV show with a particularly devastating fire, it'll trigger that nightmare. <br /><br />Interesting post, Connie!Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02755947919433555176noreply@blogger.com