Re: OT: Conlangea Dreaming

On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Dan Seriff wrote:

> Patrick Dunn wrote:
>
> > I am absolutely incapable of reading in my dreams.  In fact, when I'm
> > drifting off to sleep, I can't even visualize consciously the written
> > word.  It's weird, too, considering that most of my life is tied up in
> > literature and writing.  *laughs*  Maybe that's the reason!  My brain
> > wants a break!
>
> I have had dreams in which I am reading, quite naturally, from a book
> that my subconscious is apparently making up as I go along. Strangely
> enough, when I start thinking about it (in the dream) and paying closer
> attention to the words, they seem to become misty, and float off the
> page. My next thought is usually something like, "Damn, I wanted to read
> the rest of that!"
Oh Heaven, yes.  I've had numerous dreams about reading a book (and the
story is often half-real, half-read) and with *one* exception that I
recall (I kept a dream journal for some 5 years) I *always* woke up
before the story finished.  Always frustrating, as the temptation of
having a shortcut to a story would've been nice, as a writer.

OTOH, I've never had anything coherent enough to story-ize without major
change in a dream.  <shrug>

YHL