Dreams: Where to begin? I could blog on this topic alone for a solid year and only scratch the surface.
As far back as we have written records, there have been accounts of unusual phenomena occurring in connection with dreams. Dream interpretation is something I find fascinating and have studied for decades. But that is a blog series for another day.
Let’s go a bit deeper. What are the sources of dreams? Where do they come from? Within the person? God? An outside source? That bad burrito you ate before going to sleep? Ah, another blog series for another day.
Salem's Daughters: In my upcoming book Salem’s Daughters, one of the witches possesses the ability to cause other people to not only dream, but prophecy their future. She has no idea what the dream or the future of that person is. The prophecy in the dream is revealed the next day when the person wakes up and tells it to someone else. This allows me lots of liberties with the character and plot twists and turns.
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Interesting subject Stephen, It all depends on the dream I suppose. One could have a goal dream, to achieve that one must have to work towards that achievement, Dreams that we dream of whilst asleep is a different matter altogether.
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I hope your new book will be the sucess it deserves to be.
Yvonne.
Usually, my dreams don't make any sense. I can't wait to read your upcoming book. One of the many books floating around in my head somewhere is about witches, and supernatural power. It's called Emily Rose. Good luck with your new book! :)
ReplyDeleteWork has been terrible. I never do this, but lately I've been dreaming about abuse. I guess that's a nightmare. My normal dreams are usually weird enough without being nightmares. :)
ReplyDeleteMy dreams are either really odd or boring. When I remember that is. Think it's just our brain's way of sorting things out.
ReplyDeleteSounds like an interesting character in your book. I never know about dreams. I know God does talk to people through dreams, evident of that in the Bible. When I started doing hospitality at a church we went to in California before we moved (providing food between services during fellowship time) I had dreams about running out of food, not getting things set up, etc. I figured it was because I was stressed with wondering if I could do the service. Once I did it for a few months and saw that I could manage everything, I stopped having those dreams. Now lately I've been having dreams that I can't get things done with work or this or that; like 20 minutes to do a 5 minute report, that sort of thing, but everything is pretty stable here work wise, etc., so not sure where those dreams are coming from.
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I don't discount those dreams I have. There's something in them that I should pay attention to. What, is the question.
ReplyDeleteI think Alex is right. It's the mind sorting stuff out even if some dreams seem totally unrelated to anything.
ReplyDeleteI really like the premise to your book. You have lots of room for internal/external conflict and plot twists.
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Dreams have always been fascinating to me. I can direct my dreams as if I'm not really asleep and can comphrend everything. I'll often say, "I want this to happen." And I'll force my dream to go in that direct. I can't do it all the time nor am I aware that I'm doing it until it's happening.
ReplyDeleteIn Witch of Death my heroine has dreams that are visions of murder.
I rarely remember my dreams and so wouldn't be able to try and make any sense of them or have them analyzed. As a kid, my parents said I must have dreamed about color alot, as I would talk aloud and it was often about choosing a color?
ReplyDeleteI am fascinated by dreams too as I believe that they are often messages from beyond. Do start a series. Look forward to your book too.
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I think that dreams make a great device in fiction. A few of my characters have nightmares but none dream of the future.
ReplyDeleteDreams are strange. I've had weirdly prophetic dreams a few times and it's kind of unsettling.
ReplyDeleteI did a quick catch up on your A to Z posts. Great topic. I am also fascinated with dreams. Why we dream what we do? What really influences them? Are we trying to sort out the various things in our lives, especially our fears. And, why do we have reoccurring dreams.
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I have had some very unusual dream situations. I had a dream reassuring me that my sister who died was happy and with a baby she miscarried. I dreamed about someone who was about to enter my life and wreck havoc before they did, and they looked exactly as they did in my dream. And I have dreamed the answer to computer issues at work! And I'm not even a techie. I know what I believe, but I'll save that for another comment.
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I'd love to read your dream post. Definitely write it at some point. I am awake at 2:30 in the morning because I just had a disturbing dream. I'm trying to put a positive spin on it so I'm not dead to the world tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteHi Stephen - I rarely dream and almost certainly don't remember them. The idea from Salem's daughters .. will certainly give you leeway with ideas as to where your story could go - that I can see ... cheers Hilary
ReplyDeleteI dream often and I dream vivid. Going to sleep at night is always an adventure for me.
ReplyDeleteI have really vivid dreams and I remember a lot of them. I love dreaming, wish there was some way to record them and turn them into movies to watch later on, or to help me write them as stories. I had an idea for a story about being able to do that, but I got nowhere with it. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI often wonder about dreams. I tend to think they are the playground for the subconscious and sometimes they provide a means to communicate (like the flooding dreams in the morning when you wake up and realize your bladder really would like to be emptied).
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Dreams are fascinating. I sorta think for the most part they are just mash up of the things that's happened in my life throughout the day coming alive in my subconscious as I sleep at night. What I like about dreaming is sometimes I tell myself I'm dreaming and I just sort relax after that. It's kinda fun!
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting idea - I see where that could give you major flexibility with your plot. I've had some dreams come true - my husband was one :)
ReplyDeleteLoved your interest in dreams and using this in your book - and the comments! Cheese chocolate burritos can provoke dreams ..
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