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Dec 20, 2014 10:55AM
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Good morning from beautiful Sioux City, Iowa. Quick question -- anyone here incorporate dreams into their writing?
All the time. I can get difficult though, depending on the dream.
I like to write about visions more than dreams. Dreams get boring, and it's hard to write them not seeming corny, if you know what I mean.
Do you have rich visions, or impoverished dreams? I have had what I like to think are visions -- or vision-like -- but by and far, my dreams are more in-depth, and story-like. Lots of material there.
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Cool! I keep a dream log (when I can remember to write them down before I forget). Many have religious and Biblical under currents. Quite a few are stories in their own right.
That's really neat, and a dream log is a good idea. I don't like to tell people my dreams though, they may even be too weird to write down. :)
O! That may be for the best. I on the other hand dream dreams that are like movies, while I am the one who watches. Sometimes, when I am in one of them, I am not even myself.
Yeah, that happens to me sometimes too, it's really odd. Mine are usually a little more confusing though and don't really have any order. Definitely not movie like. :)
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In a similar vein, do any of you incorporate the personality of, or quotes from relatives? I ask because I have. I included a song I used to hear my Dad sing into the novel 'The Faerie Dusters'. I think it was original to him. I had the character of Will Witherspoon sing it while riding a horse.
Well, I thought I'd go fishin'
Got t' thinkin' it over
Y'know the road to the river
It is a mighty long way . . .
Well, I thought I'd go fishin'
Got t' thinkin' it over
Y'know the road to the river
It is a mighty long way . . .
Tamara wrote: "That's really neat, and a dream log is a good idea. I don't like to tell people my dreams though, they may even be too weird to write down. :)"You could always memorize a code alphabet and write in that.
I do all the time.
My siblings would probably break the code. ;D They're smarter than me...
I've written books inspired by dreams. Sometimes I'll have an adventure dream that's inspiring and I'll then work it into a story. I mostly use it as a jumping off point. My book The Experiment was inspired by two dreams, Espionage that I wrote last fall was inspired by a dream, and so was the outer space dystopian I'm planning to write next. Some of my dreams are too weird to be story dreams, though.I have put real people in a book. In The Experiment, Abby Raingold is based on my sister. A bunch of characters in it are inspired by family and friends, but Abby is the only one who really came out right. As for quotes, I got the thing about good and great landings that I put in Across the Stars from now Congressman Barry Loudermilk. When he was getting his pilot's license, he used to tell us about it, and he said that a good landing was when you were alive, and a great landing was when you could use the plane again. :)
I have read that many of the classic authors also incorporated from dreams, family, and friends.
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Have you read a lot of her other books?
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I'm really excited to read it!!
No I haven't but I have a few books on my to-read list so I wondered if you liked them any particular ones. That's cool you got the book! Congrats!
I just entered a giveaway for Chuck Black's newest book in his latest series. Has anyone here ever won a giveaway?
Just wanted to share a great resource: freeinfosociety
http://www.freeinfosociety.com/media_...
All downloadable as PDF
I actually couldn't find the bottom of the list.
http://www.freeinfosociety.com/media_...
All downloadable as PDF
I actually couldn't find the bottom of the list.
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Hey, been a while since I checked in. how is everyone?
It goes. Super busy, can't find time to write.
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It does seem to be a very busy time of year, doesn't it?
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Is anyone doing CampNaNo?
It's a flexible word goal writing challenge.
Hey...just wanted to mention that I made a facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Shante..., since I'm in the process of publishing my first book (novella), EEP!! I'm so excited!! :-DA Dream Not Imagined is a Cinderella retelling. I actually wrote it for Anne Elisabeth Stengl's fairytale contest. Did any of you guys write stories for that contest and end up publishing them on your own? I've noticed that some people did that...
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Aw, that's too bad, Sierra. Well, perhaps in the coming contest this June! :-)
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I believe she will be revealing the cover and giving instructions on how to enter and all on June 1st at her blog: http://anneelisabethstengl.blogspot.com/That's usually how it goes anyway! :-)
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Here's the link, if you're interested: www.campnanowrimo.org
I just joined; if anyone wants to be my buddy, I'm Lena_Kk
*flies in on a huge black dragon, destroying nearly everything in the room* Hello! I come on behalf of the girls from Christian Girls Book Club who caused a bit ofdamage in this room due to a huge fight involving illegal fireworks yesterday in The Last Ones To Post Wins discussion just upstairs! And *voice lowers to a growl* they said it was all MY fault anddemanded I apologize!! So I will have my revenge! * flies off again*
Errr.... sorry. I've recovered now…I'll … just clean all this up…
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