tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914401126533757247.post454156014133079633..comments2024-01-23T07:51:33.212+00:00Comments on Claude Forthomme's Blog : What Dreams Tell You Claude Forthommehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03871790739257823515noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914401126533757247.post-10361700228436283172013-05-26T09:50:32.455+01:002013-05-26T09:50:32.455+01:00Thanks Karen for the visit! I'm like you, I on...Thanks Karen for the visit! I'm like you, I only remember dreams that seem to occur shortly before I wake up in the morning and they are never, ever of any use for my writing! I didn't know that most people dream in black and white, that's interesting. Trying to think back on the few I remember, it's true that color does not seem to enter the picture but neither does black and white ring a bell. It's as if all of them were in a-color, if such a thing can exist...I'll try and check next time I dream and report on it!Claude Forthommehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871790739257823515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914401126533757247.post-5313172842707961152013-05-24T03:52:03.401+01:002013-05-24T03:52:03.401+01:00Fascinating post and interesting that we both wrot...Fascinating post and interesting that we both wrote about dreams on the same day! I think that the times I remember my dreams (stress dreams, usually)it's due to waking up shortly after the dream. I've never been given the gift of useful dream--one that I can use in writing fiction. That I wouldn't mind at all. One thing that I'd love to know is if I dream in color. They say most people don't.Karen McQuestionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358390156163976923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914401126533757247.post-29883403890616804742013-05-23T08:06:18.585+01:002013-05-23T08:06:18.585+01:00That's very true, Emandyves, dreams can leave ...That's very true, Emandyves, dreams can leave me depressed or in a bad mood when I wake up but in my case I never quite remember them, except for the case I mentioned above that was a dream without any emotional content, it was more like a long, semi-rational consideration of how my novel might end...I wonder whether I remove my dreams from my conscious mind because of their emotional content? If that is so, if one tends to forget dreams because of their emotional charge, I'd love to know how you manage to hold onto them, particularly since you make use of them in your writing. Do you jot them down in a notebook the minute you wake up?Claude Forthommehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871790739257823515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914401126533757247.post-40345261891372833002013-05-22T21:01:15.115+01:002013-05-22T21:01:15.115+01:00I dream all the time. Mostly they're from stre...I dream all the time. Mostly they're from stress I'm sure. Some dreams aren't too bad. Others leave me feeling depressed all day. And yes, I have used some of my dreams in my writing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914401126533757247.post-88476711224947963682013-05-22T15:49:34.430+01:002013-05-22T15:49:34.430+01:00Wow, the entire plot of a book? That's fantast...Wow, the entire plot of a book? That's fantastic! Actually, since I wrote that post (2 days ago) I had a dream - it was this morning - which gave me the end of my serial novel 2213: Forever Young, very useful really because I had no idea how to end it!<br /><br />So yes, for us writers, our dreams do enter our books in more ways than one, not just through the characters but the plot too!Claude Forthommehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03871790739257823515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3914401126533757247.post-73012286510104638192013-05-22T09:21:57.344+01:002013-05-22T09:21:57.344+01:00I once dreamed the entire plot of a book I then pu...I once dreamed the entire plot of a book I then published! From beginning to end. It wasn't an anxiety dream though. those are terrible and I believe that though they aren't hard and fast predictors of the future, nightmares should be heeded. Your subconscious is telling you something.<br />Elizabeth JenningsElizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12644900552898093107noreply@blogger.com