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Saturday, November 8, 2014

Turning Dreams into Books

Okay, so let's all admit that we have some weird dreams, am I right? Well, some actually could be used for unique book ideas! Crazy, I know, but there's a process you can go through to get that crazy dream into the beginning of a plot for a book.

Let's take my dream for last night for example since I'll never have time to write it. I was homeless in a weird world where there were beings that took after animals (I think an episode of Grey's Anatomy came into that play though). It was like a combination of Monsters Vs. Aliens, The Iron Prophecy series, and some final Fantasy thing but anyway... I was homeless, but then I was captured and forced to work in the Queen's garden with other weird creatures, not that I was a weir creature. I was human. There was one way to win your freedom though and that was a dance challenge that took place every month. The prince and a hedgehog helped me learn and soon enough, I was dressed and ready to take the challenge. 

Well, when the Queen said I'm nothing, the prince stood and said he loved me and wanted to marry me. The Queen was furious and wanted to kill me, but then the princess came in and was dressed in some futuristic outfit with a silver mask (I honestly have no idea where this came from) and said she was going to war with the Queen. Everyone had to chose sides. The only downside was that the Princess didnt want the weird animal creatures to live. The Prince didn't choose a side. He wanted to run with me. We tried, but ultimately ended up on the Princess' ship which was also futuristic. There were a lot of sensors and yeah, that's when I woke up.

I'll face that it's a strange dream and well, it's missing a LOT of a plot, but we can figure it out. 

First, I would say my name is important. Why am I homeless? Where did the weird talking animal things come from? Mutations? Chemical? How did I get captured (because how wasn't in my dream or at least, I don't remember how)?

Dreams can be turned into book ideas, but let's face it - a lot of times, we will be faced with more questions than answers. This doesn't mean that it's impossible. I've turned dreams into books before. You can too!

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