Philosophical Question

[JamesMiehoff]

During a recent trip through the Warehouse of Weird Dreams, a thought occurred to me that was so disturbing that it woke me up.

What would you do if you found yourself in one of your stories?

Would you go with the flow and follow the narrative you originally put down, or would you try to "fix" things?

Or would it depend on the story?

James

 

[ElectricBlue]

I've featured myself in a number of stories:

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/a-love-song-for-sara

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/memory-and-loss-pt-01 (four parts, autobiographical).

And the process of fiction, meta-fiction, where the author and character merge, was explored in this one:

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/the-hyacinth-house-pt-01

I've dreamed of story characters several times while I'm writing - it adds a curious something to the story which I always try to capture - even though it's a dream, it somehow makes the characters more real.

 

[gunhilltrain]

During a recent trip through the Warehouse of Weird Dreams, a thought occurred to me that was so disturbing that it woke me up.

What would you do if you found yourself in one of your stories?

Would you go with the flow and follow the narrative you originally put down, or would you try to "fix" things?

Or would it depend on the story?

James

It would be tough to fix things because a lot of times the guy is eventually dumped by his girlfriend. It's not "personal," at least in the eyes of the women; it's just time to move on. Some of these relationships are indeed a lot of fun while they last.

I will have a sequel to my one foray into Loving Wives. In the first one the marriage is saved, but in the second one it falls apart anyway. There is a hopeful uptick at the end regarding his wife's best friend.

But basically, the situations are out of the hands of the men described in them.

 

[Enchantment_of_Nyx]

When I have dreams with a clear narrative and am trying to make them turn out differently, I usually run through the cycle of the dream repeatedly, trying different things and somehow always getting the same or similar result.

I assume it would be similar for dreams about my story. I have dreamed of the world of one of my stories is in, with the characters from the story, but the same story line wasn't occurring and I didn't know what was going to happen before it did happen in the dream. I didn't have control over the dream, either. I don't have control over most dreams.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

During a recent trip through the Warehouse of Weird Dreams, a thought occurred to me that was so disturbing that it woke me up.

What would you do if you found yourself in one of your stories?

Would you go with the flow and follow the narrative you originally put down, or would you try to "fix" things?

Or would it depend on the story?

James

My first thought was to wonder how I would know what was supposed to happen if I got dropped into one of my stories. I was envisioning waking up as a character without memory of writing it. Then I thought, no, I'd be one of those recalcitrant characters who go off doing their own thing that the author didn't intend. I guess that counts as "going with the flow"?

But mainly I just wanted to say, if showing up as a character in your own story counts as the kind of weirdness that wakes you up, then you probably don't want to wander through my dreamscapes. That kind of weirdness would barely register in the morning.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I've featured myself in a number of stories:

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/a-love-song-for-sara

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/memory-and-loss-pt-01 (four parts, autobiographical).

And the process of fiction, meta-fiction, where the author and character merge, was explored in this one:

https://www.literotica.com/beta/s/the-hyacinth-house-pt-01

I have as well, and all in all, I'd just as soon skip the become an addict and go to prison parts.

I've dreamed of story characters several times while I'm writing - it adds a curious something to the story which I always try to capture - even though it's a dream, it somehow makes the characters more real.

I don't know that I dream about my characters, precisely, but I have had the experience of sleep writing; waking up with a scene written in my head. In fact, I wrote a post about it once.

http://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=1475315

 

[SimonDoom]

I suppose if I lived in a universe that had nude mailgirls I would take that into consideration when choosing my line of work.

 

[Voboy]

Lol.

If there was anything in a story I needed to "fix," I'd probably have written it differently.

I love my stories. I wrote them because they're what I want to read, and absolutely I'd love to find myself in them. Of course I'd go with the flow; I like the flow.

 

[ElectricBlue]

I suppose if I lived in a universe that had nude mailgirls I would take that into consideration when choosing my line of work.

Take a walk on a beach. That seemed to (weirdly) work.

 

[Bramblethorn]

During a recent trip through the Warehouse of Weird Dreams, a thought occurred to me that was so disturbing that it woke me up.

What would you do if you found yourself in one of your stories?

Would you go with the flow and follow the narrative you originally put down, or would you try to "fix" things?

Or would it depend on the story?

James

That reeeeeally depends on whether it's one of my HEA romances, or one of the horror stories.

 

[SimonDoom]

Take a walk on a beach. That seemed to (weirdly) work.

Well, it would be a weird place to get the mail.

 

[BelleCanzuto]

Well, it would be a weird place to get the mail.

You just never know where those blasted penguins are gonna start hiding things...

 

[kissedcherry]

Let me see if I understand this...

Let me see if I understand this. You had a dream about a fantasy story that you wrote? So your dream fantasy was not about anything in your real life... your dream was a fantasy about a fantasy? Ok, then I would not worry about fixing a fantasy in a fantasy. Once I woke up I would realize that fantasy life has over taken my brain to the point of invading the dream fantasy landscape. That means it is time for a real world life to kick in and to simply float away from too much fantasy life. Otherwise you could be sliding into a world where tomorrow night you dream about being in a dream in which you were dreaming about a fantasy you wrote. See where this could be going? It is like an infinity mirror. Get out before you can't get out.

PS Was that you licking my vagina in my dream last night?

 

[NotWise]

Would you go with the flow and follow the narrative you originally put down, or would you try to "fix" things?

My worlds aren't broken. There's nothing to fix.

 

[Wilson Spalding]

25% discout at the Warehouse of Weird Dreams!

During a recent trip through the Warehouse of Weird Dreams, a thought occurred to me that was so disturbing that it woke me up.

What would you do if you found yourself in one of your stories?

Would you go with the flow and follow the narrative you originally put down, or would you try to "fix" things?

Or would it depend on the story?

James

In my non-Literotica stories, unless I was in as the main character, I'd be utterly fucked. Even the MC is dangerously close to fucked.

In my Lit stories, it's all love and it's all good. Bonus if I'm the main character. Totally go with the flow.

 

[Blind_Justice]

I have one autobiographical story on file chronicling one of my less flattering episodes. Should I end up in it, I'd try to move heaven and earth to alter the course of these events. Like "not cheating on my girlfriend - for weeks on end".

I wouldn't mind being the main character in most of my other stories, save for "Dagger and Crystal". Poor Declan has a very unfortunate encounter with a vengeful demoness. Or chapter eight of "Mud & Magic". having my knee pulverized is something I can do without.

 

[Emirus]

80% of my dreams are nightmares so you wouldn’t want to be in them. I don’t want to be in them. The remaining 20% are books/film scripts and I’ve imagined thousands of them over the years most of which I can only vaguely remember in the morning if I remember them at all.

I always have my phone by my bed and since I began writing stories for this site, if I’m sufficiently awake, I’ll put down a few words to hopefully trigger the memory a few hours later. It’s not practical to have a notepad/pencil by the bed because my wife would ask me why. Sometimes, because I write all my stories on my phone, if I’m sufficiently awake, I’ll write the scene and then try to get back to sleep.

In one way or another I feature in over half of the stories I’ve written, and some are true, and several of my characters are people I know or have met. I don’t know about anyone else but sometimes an imagination can be a curse as well as a blessing. Sometimes I want to go back to sleep but my imagination won’t let me so I write and accept the consequences of being tired the next day.

Sometimes I wish I didn’t have an imagination and had never discovered this site. I used to enjoy reading stories but the number has been drastically reduced. I now find I read a story for a particular reason rather than look through the new lists hoping to discover a gem.

 

[Jada59]

I am in most of my stories.

 

[WoodmanStark]

If I found myself the MC in "A Visit From the Sex Goddess"?

I created that scenario to be the ultimate sex fantasy, so what do you think?

 

[Zeb_Carter]

In most of my stories the protagonist is fixing things, so what would I do any differently if it was me as the protagonist. If I found my self as the antagonist I would of course try and fix things. Maybe I would even not do the things that got me in the mess in the first place.

I wrote a Sci-Fi story about a guy who was sent back in time with all the knowledge he had of his previous life. I guess that is the answer to the question. It's called Rerun. I also did another similar story called Yesterday's Dreams

 

[WoodmanStark]

If I found myself the MC in "A Visit From the Sex Goddess"?

I created that scenario to be the ultimate sex fantasy, so what do you think?

FURTHER THOUGHT: If I'm him, then I'm not me (he is like me but he is not me) so that means I'd also get to be with Jennifer after it's all over. "Nothing but win," as the sex goddess said in chapter 2.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

A fair few of my stories are fix-its from real life, or true stories tidied up a bit to make a better story. The others here are people I'd like to hang out with, so I wouldn't mind in the least.

Stories I've posted elsewhere tend to be fanfic involving characters moving on, so while awkward, I'd have to let them get on with it.

 

[bushyTrail]

Usually my stories are about accepting and understanding one's own weirdness, which sometimes requires the characters to make mistakes in the process. Moreover, I'm never one of the characters. So, on one hand I would let the story go as it was written because the bad parts are necessary too in order to arrive to the usual happy ending; on the other I wouldn't even know what to do, not being part of the story.
I do like the idea of meeting my characters, though, as they are usually people I like. The sad thing, however, is that I'm afraid they would find me boring.

 

[yowser]

Me in my story?

I'd ask for a raise.

Hard enough to do the writing without being a stuntman too.

 

[lovecraft68]

I've featured myself in a number of stories:

I don't think anyone is surprised by this.