Writing Topic Tuesday – The Dream Edition

Dreams are a powerful aspect of our creative selves and worth exploring.

Courtesy of Christopher Verdier

• What do you remember about your dreams each night?  Do you dream in color?  Do you remember feelings or sensations? Can you read in your dreams?
• What are some of the common themes in your dreams? Do you have flying dreams? Dreams of being chased? Showing up naked at your high school?
• Describe the worst nightmare you have ever had.
• Can you control your dreams?  If so, how do you do it?
• Have you ever had an important message sent to you via a dream? Or predicted something that came true?
• Describe one of your favorite dreams.
• Have you ever written a story inspired from a dream?
• Create a dream sequence for one of your characters in a story.
• What strange objects, people or places show up in your dreams again and again?
• Many musicians use the word “dreams” in song and album titles. (For example: Dreams by Fleetwood Mac, Dream On by Aerosmith and, of course, Dream Weaver by Gary Wright) What songs do you associate with dreams?  Why do you think there is such a popular connection between dreams and music?
• Keep a dream log for a couple of days and then use a dream dictionary, such as the one on Dream Moods and use it to interpret your dreams.
• Write the word “Dream” at the center of a blank page of paper and then create a Mind Map surrounding it. For details on creating a Mind Map, go to http://www.mind-mapping.co.uk/make-mind-map.htm