Pebblepup's Writing Den

Dreams are a good source of ideas for your writing. It can be another good tool in your writer’s toolbox. They are also good for discerning the meanings of your dreams, if you want to learn that.

Everyone dreams. What you dream may be mundane or it could be more exciting. We often forget them soon after waking from them. A dream journal will help you remember your dreams. The more you enter them in your journal, the more you will remember them.

You can use them to find the solutions to problems you might be struggling with. let your unconscious mind loose on the problem and it can help you find the solution that will work the best. They will help you to locate and identify recurring dreams if you have any.

Keeping a dream journal is straight forward. You can use a special use dream journal you buy. You can use a blank one, an app for your phone, a voice recorder on your phone if you wish. Draw pictures or use words to describe.
To make a dream journal, you first set an intention at bedtime before you go to sleep. Tell yourself you want to remember your dreams. Focus on any problems you want to solve, so your unconscious mind can get to work on it.
The following morning, write in your dream journal. When you wake up, think back on your sleep, and write down any dreams you can remember. Do this if you wake in the night from a dream.
If you wake in the night, go back to sleep as soon as possible after recording whatever dream you have. It’s important to get a good night’s sleep.

After you wake in the morning and recorded whatever dreams you can, read over, or listen to what you recorded.
Often you will find a germ of a story in your dreams. Use them to find the solution to a problem you are working on. Or, you can interpret them. There are some websites that can tell you how to do that. Write that down in your journal as well.

Ask yourself how you felt in the dream. Write that down. What emotions, thoughts and memories you do perceive when you think about the dream.

Keep the dream journal by your bed so you can record them . It’s best to write down your dreams in the morning, while any dreams are fresh in your mind. Then highlight any details you think might be important. You might find story ideas in your dreams. If you do, write them down as well.

This is a good way to generate ideas. If you have them in your dream journal, you can reference them whenever you are stuck for ideas to write about. Some will be good. Some will be bad. You can’t assess them if you don’t write them down. So dream and record your dreams. You might find you’ve enriched your life.