And what do you think dreams are? A mish-mash of memory, hope, and fear? Or synapses misfiring.
I forget where I read it but there was an article about dreams that basically said something to that effect. And I might have gone along with the idea if my dreams weren't so specific, so appropriate, and ultimately, revealing.
Tell me what you think about dreams, and writing.
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ReplyDeleteI always think dreams are the visualisations of emotions. So if I am angsty about work, my dreams will be angsty ones etc. I never quite remember the dreams exactly but I do remember how I feel as I wake up and even during.
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I do use dreams in my work. That's where I get ideas or snippets of ideas. I could only remember scary dreams. Do I like reading about them in books. No. Though I'm guilty of writing a few in my own ms.
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E. I think it's hard to do dreams well in books but like you I do use them. Hopefully my crit partners will tell me when they're not working :)
I'll sometimes use imagery or ideas from dreams, but I integrate them in such a way that it isn't necessarily "dreamlike" in the story.
ReplyDeleteAs for what dreams are, I think they're whatever you were thinking about before falling asleep mashed together with other subconscious thoughts. Or not. :-P
My dreams are usually a mess! And reality often invades at some point and takes over.
ReplyDeleteThere are mornings when I WISH I could hold onto the clarity of a dream long enough to write the main stuff down! :-)
ReplyDeleteEvery once in awhile I'll remember a snippet of a dream that inspires a bit of writing. I tend to prefer that in-between stage of waking and dreaming more. In that state I can control the images but still have that dreamlike quality -- if that makes any sense. :P
ReplyDeleteI don't mind a short dream description in a novel if it is really poignant and symbolic of something important, but so often they are just rambling, fantasy scenes.
I can't ever remember my own dreams, but I have used dreams in my writing. I think they reveal a little part of us, so I'm hoping they reveal a little bit of my character's, too!
ReplyDeleteI'd believe in the synapses misfiring if it wasn't for the fact that I often dream of things that specifically frighten or worry me ... and often the dreams recur. When I was young, I watched my grandfather's mushroom house burn down. (He was a mushroom grower by profession.) For years after that, I used to dream that I was walking from my house to his house (he lived next door) and I would look back and see my own house on fire.
ReplyDeleteIf dreams are just random electrical impulses, why the same image, over and over?
My boss, who is also a psychologist but who works with adults, said that dreams are our brains' way of clearing out the "activation" of the day or recent events. That makes sense to me. I often have dreams related in some peripheral way to things that are going on in my life.
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