Dreamstate

I’ve read on more than one occasion that a writer of fantasy has divulged they receive their story concepts from their own dreams. Whether it be a night terror, a fantastical tale, or even incomprehensible nonsense. this resonates deeply with me because my ideas are born from what I dream.

I’d often wake up in the middle of the night to feverishly jot down whatever I can recall about the sequence that’d played through my mind. Attempting to summarize the plot and inspiring bits of information within a short period of time in order to get a decent amount of sleep before going into work in a few hours. There were times a member of my family would awaken to find me jabbing away at my keyboard and checking to see if I was okay. The memory of such scenes make me laugh to this day.

If I haven’t had an exhaustive day, I often lucid dream, building a storyline night after night. Doing this not only keeps the storyline fresh in my mind, but also perfects it until I can record it electronically. I make sure I type it all out before I forget the minutia or intensity. Of course the light of day can change the level of importance or simply add insight. I do daydream. For a very long time, since I was young, I formulate wondrous imaginary worlds in my mind. So much so, that I’d get in trouble in class. I got into the habit of writing down many of these scene or ideas on random pieces of paper, or on an electronic notepad.

It might be fun to work on short stories together using anyone’s crazy dreams. We can all craft stories from even the nonsensical dream sequences most people tend to have. Perhaps we could have exercises that involve interpreting our dreams, eventually voicing it through art in some way. Stories, poems, music or illustrations. Comment your dreams below, (in whole or in part), so we can have some fun!

M.M.W.