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Mining Your Dreams for Story Ideas

February 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Last night I had the most curious dream that I thought would make a good story or novel. Normally I don’t usually remember enough of my dreams long enough to write them down, and I don’t like keeping pen & paper near my bed. (my brain knows it’s there, and doesn’t let me get to sleep easily. Silly, I know, but that’s just me!) So I did my usual trick: repeated the salient points to myself as I showered, as I got dressed, as I had breakfast, until I finally sat down at a computer an hour later. And I think it’s a pretty good one too.

It also got me thinking about the story I had written for Nano last November, and how I wanted to carry on the story, so I also started to take a look at that one as well. I’ve spent the last few lunch hours going over the 20,000 words I’d written then, and am pleased with the direction the story is taking. I’ll probably start moving the story along as well, so I’ll keep you posted on that progress.

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