When Dreams help you Write
Actually, it happened to me this weekend. My dreams have helped me before but there was a certain issue with a plot point in my second book that wasn’t quite coming together the way I wanted it to. I’ve mulled over the issue now for a month or two but with each edit and revision, I wasn’t sure I liked the reasons behind what this particular character was doing.
I woke up to an ‘Ah ha!’ moment…I absolutely love that feeling.
When I woke up again, my book was on my mind but with no specifics about the dream. I just knew I had to get back to the book as soon as I had a good amount of caffeine in me. At the time I didn’t realize I’d completely lost a memory that would help make sense about a critical motivating factor behind a character’s actions.
After that there was no going back. I made another cup of coffee, grabbed my writing notebook and headed upstairs to my office with both Mandy and Piper on my tail (the two pups, who really aren’t pups anymore).
Have a great week and here’s a great quote to finish off the post:
~H.F. Hedge~