Nothing finer for a writer than to wake from a dream that would make one hell of a story AND remembering every detail.
I just woke with an entire story plot, complete with characters and an awesome twist, strong enough to be an episode of Black Mirror. That's quite rare. Score!
If you are an aspiring author, keep a dream journal. Write your dream in full detail as soon as you wake because, as I'm sure you know, the details will slip from your memory as fast as a leaf in hurricane winds.
If you are like me and can't focus your eyes until a full half hour after waking, keep a recorder close at hand (I suggest downloading a voice recorder app onto your phone.) Upon waking, speak the dream in all its weirdness, every remembered detail – you never know what could become a key element to a story line.
If you have no desire to write, keep a dream journal anyway. Dreams are a great way to explore and understand the deeper part of your psyche. There is a ton of dream interpretation info on the Internet. Just Google the keyword(s) + dream interpretation, and watch as the magic of symbolism reveals its beautiful self. You might be quite surprised what your subconscious self is trying to communicate to your conscious self.
If nothing else, it's always entertaining to look back at your dreams.
Happy writing, happy dreaming, happy day to you all!
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