So I was a little unsure as to what I wanted to post this week, but then something reminded me that I used to write down my dreams in a journal that I kept by my bed. I went through this stage in my sophomore year, I'm not sure if it was caused by stress or what, but I would have these really intense, vivid dreams that were always waking me up in the night. And really, I think it bothered me that my mind was getting so creative and insane and weird and interesting, but it would all disappear if I didn't make the effort to carefully remember the events of my dream in those first groggy, disorienting moments when I would find myself safe in my bedroom. Basically what I started to do was instantly start scribbling as fast as I could my little dream-stories down in my journal whether it was three o'clock in the morning or one o'clock in the afternoon, and usually I was still half-asleep so obviously the writing is lack-luster. So, I'm not sure if anyone will find these interesting since no one knows me or the characters involved in my dreams, but at least to me, dreams-- specifically reading dreams after they are written down-- are a lot like fiction where they can either be meaningless or they can be analyzed. Anyways, I typed them exactly as they appeared in my journal.
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Dream 1: after watching Twister- 04/07/13
There was a tornado coming and no one, especially Bud would get underground, but we were running and running and then we got in the truck to drive to Nana. When we got to her, it was Louisiana. We watched as a crowd was running across the destroyed city to get away from an alligator. Nana told us that the gators fed on the carnage. Then the gator went and jumped in the water, and then we see Alec standing in the lake fishing. He tried to swim but the gator grabbed his foot and I woke up.
Dream 2: Terrorists holding captives in my apartment. I was locked safe in the bathroom. He took his prisoners and yelled he was going to light the place on fire. It started to get hot and I woke up.
Dream 3: I was in a truck with Conor. Dani was running behind trying to hop in the bed. She made it onto the bumper but as she tried to pull herself up, she fell onto the pavement hitting her head. She was speaking gibberish so we were afraid.
I know that, for me personally, I always have really vivid dreams whenever I am super stressed or when I have a lot on my mind. These dreams are definitely interesting. In the past, I have certain written a couple of short stories based on images I've seen in dreams cause, especially in the really vivid type of dreams, some dream scenes just seem so real that writing a story on them only seems natural. For the entries that you listed, I feel like the second one can really be constructed into a really intriguing piece. Would you ever consider using your dreams as a starting point for a story?
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