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- CheekyAless
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Dreams & Writing
I have heard some authors in interviews say that they have started off with a dream and then expanded it and added more detail to create a great story.
Have you ever had a truly detailed, adventurous dream that has given you an idea to write a book?
Please share your dreams!
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Very strange trip to India. I am two men. I am experiencing it first then I go to what happened before, that is I go into the past. I am on a plane to India. I stop in Afghanistan and almost pass out in the airport. I have second thoughts about India for a moment because it is dirty. When I make it to India I am in a pool of water. In the water are two pods which are the men I will become. I am simultaneously alive as these two men and being born in the pods. After I look at people passing by. I recall shouting at a French woman.
6/26/13 I am currently re-recording some of my dreams and this dream is very interesting in light of an interview with John C. Lilly that I just revisited. He talks about Alternity which is “a space in which you’re in touch with many alternate realities, all simultaneously.” Another thing that struck me from this article was the way he views religion as operating systems that one can plug into but then discard. It reminds me of a dream journal entry I just looked at that just said, “Create your own religion,” at the top of it.
The first entry is the dream and I could use the them of Alternity!
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I often have a lot of dreams (mainly anxiety) but I have not had one that I feel would be a good story line for a book. How some authors have such adventurous dreams they can make a good story I don't know!!
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I have an over active imagination for sure.
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I have! It's lots of fun, but i tend to wake up really quickly because..well for lack of a better explanation, my dream tends to fall apart. This is probably because I realise I'm dreaming usually only when I'm in a tight spot (in the dream). But it's still really fun!Kanjen6289 wrote:Have you ever had a lucid dream -- a dream in which you knew you were dreaming?
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Hi. I don't know how others have adventurous dreams, but I know certain crystals help you dream. I use amethyst, smoky quartz or blue kyanite. I've not used them to try for a dream to inspire a book, but... you could try it.CheekyAless wrote:Thanks for sharing!
I often have a lot of dreams (mainly anxiety) but I have not had one that I feel would be a good story line for a book. How some authors have such adventurous dreams they can make a good story I don't know!!
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