tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468468712675622912.post1186760431462895633..comments2023-05-06T07:56:21.414-07:00Comments on Eden Rivers' Blog: Dreams as InspirationEden Rivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313530070124643379noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468468712675622912.post-68938347733565126512008-06-14T12:34:00.000-07:002008-06-14T12:34:00.000-07:00Hey Katrina,I love the dream about your medieval c...Hey Katrina,<BR/>I love the dream about your medieval characters looking for a place to plug in the laptop! That's what often happens to me--I pull my characters into my dreams, and then strange things happen.<BR/>EdenEden Rivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313530070124643379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468468712675622912.post-55401858994435200362008-06-14T11:56:00.000-07:002008-06-14T11:56:00.000-07:00None of my stories have *originated* from dreams, ...None of my stories have *originated* from dreams, but I have knocked out plot points for works-in-progress during my nocturnal musings.<BR/><BR/>Then there's the time I dreamt the couple from one of my medieval romance stories were riding together horserback, looking for a place to plug in her laptop...Katrina Strausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435994502376676069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468468712675622912.post-90671034012969482392008-06-14T09:01:00.000-07:002008-06-14T09:01:00.000-07:00Lori,Regarding "It's all about the journey," you c...Lori,<BR/>Regarding "It's all about the journey," you can sure say that again! It's a weird-ass business, but I wouldn't do anything else (grins).<BR/><BR/>EdenEden Rivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313530070124643379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468468712675622912.post-63506634181008516412008-06-10T14:58:00.000-07:002008-06-10T14:58:00.000-07:00Yeah, the dreams are a great inspiration for my st...Yeah, the dreams are a great inspiration for my stories. Especially since the characters seem so real, like I know them from the inside.<BR/><BR/>The hard part then is to try to figure out the details of who they are, where they came from, and where they're going. <BR/><BR/>I can't plot myself out of a paper bag, so that's a bit frustrating. And where the work comes in. And the fun. It's all about the journey! :)<BR/><BR/>LoriLori Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765935458248024638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468468712675622912.post-46214740149388645152008-06-10T11:06:00.000-07:002008-06-10T11:06:00.000-07:00Hi Lori,Oh wow, that's so cool to have that many s...Hi Lori,<BR/><BR/>Oh wow, that's so cool to have that many stories generated by dreams! I hope that happens to me some day. So far I tend to draw tidbits from numerous dreams and weave them into stories, but I haven't gotten an entire scene or concept or character from a dream. From daydreams, yes, all the time! But not from the night time variety.<BR/><BR/>EdenEden Rivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313530070124643379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468468712675622912.post-88222497093384357432008-06-07T12:19:00.000-07:002008-06-07T12:19:00.000-07:00Hi, Eden! My current work in progress, a fantasy ...Hi, Eden!<BR/><BR/> My current work in progress, a fantasy novella, came to me in a dream. The whole opening scene, the characters, the "world" they inhabited. When I looked over my "future" project list after reading your blog, I found that almost half my ideas came from dreams...usually the opening scene, and the characters, the mood of the story.<BR/> So my story list genres are all over the map! :) But it's certainly fun, and lots of hard work, to figure out what comes next!<BR/> Lori KLori Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765935458248024638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468468712675622912.post-49901805926131825382008-06-07T11:15:00.000-07:002008-06-07T11:15:00.000-07:00Ooooh, very cool, Jeanne! I wish I could train my ...Ooooh, very cool, Jeanne! I wish I could train my mind to come up with entire books for me while I sleep. Most of mine come from the awake variety dreaming, as I'm a chronic daydreamer and this is where I harvest my book ideas. <BR/><BR/>I'm more likely to do the reverse, where I create characters while awake, and then they find their way into my dreams. My favorite was a conversation with Giorgio, a sweet, gorgeous character from Nature's Pentacle, beside a huge swimming pool at a resort. He looked very good in swim trunks :-)<BR/><BR/>EdenEden Rivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313530070124643379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4468468712675622912.post-83395242664440998342008-06-06T20:58:00.000-07:002008-06-06T20:58:00.000-07:00hey, Eden,I'm one of those who dreamt an entire tr...hey, Eden,<BR/>I'm one of those who dreamt an entire trilogy...well, the first book pretty much completely and the second and third the main scenes. Now, my dreams are even too weird for what I write! ;~DJeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12430195762629030092noreply@blogger.com