Dreams again

Had very vivid dreams last night. Most of them have left my waking memory, but here's the snippets of the most recent dream:

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So this is interesting. If I think of what I can remember of my dreams, it may help me to write better dream sequences for my characters.

The key to surreal, dream-like writing is not in what you show the reader, but more in what you don't show them. And (my dreams at least) are really visual. I remember the shapes often more than the plots. But I do know that some people have dreams that are all dialogue - just impressions of things - or sounds, or only shapes.

I think I will keep paying attention to this.

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Just got called by someone working on this rally at the national level, saying we aren't hitting our numbers. She said "it's not your fault!" but subtext: it is my fault because I'm in charge of recruitment.

She also forgot that I was only hired on to this rally part time. 20 hours a week? NOTHING when you're trying to get 3,000 people to RSVP to a rally.

(Who RSVPs to a rally anyway? NO ONE. That's why this is so hard.)

Everything feels fruitless right now. I had been feeling so good about it, but now I just feel panicked and little and frustrated.