Strange Dreams

[absurddelight]

I'm using this as a break between reading articles in "The New Age" review, Pope's "The Rape of the Lock," Pirsig's "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"and Shaw's "Mrs. Warren's Profession

Comments

[clodiametelli]

It must be wonderful to have such visually detailed dreams and to dream so vividly about one of your own characters. I rarely get much memorable visual detail in my dreams. I find though that it is random naps that can sometimes produce the best dreams.

[absurddelight]

The only bad part about dreaming about some of my characters is that my one villain shows up sometimes and complains about how I'm writing him. I apparently make him "look bad"...and he's a complete jerk, so I don't think I could ever make him look all that good. In the dreams that guy has pushed me into shrubs or roughed me up a little, and then threatens me with rape or injury. I guess it keeps me on track with writing his parts though.

[clodiametelli]

That sounds scary, your villain has certainly taken on a life of his own - don't let him intimidate you into making him look good! So far my characters have merely haunted my daydreams.