Dreams again
May. 27th, 2015 07:07 amHad 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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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.