Turning a dream into a short story

[iDreamInNude]

I spent the morning rolling back and forth in my bed, wearily coming in and out of a dream ridden sleep. I would start to feel the sun on my face and the sheets tangled around my feet and before I could bare to open my eyes I would be teased back into unconsciousness by an alien like appendage that would force me to look into piercing eyes that command all of my sexual attention.

Now this is actually how I spent my morning today, immersed into a futuristic world with a demanding 'adult' industry and this mysterious masochist exhibitionistic humanoid alien (Mmmm... what a mouthful) trying to manipulate my every emotional and sexual thirst . But now I am struck with the problem with how I get this glorious dream into words. I know the easiest answer... "Just write about it!" But you all know the feeling of waking up from dreams. You can have very incredibly detailed memories of the dream you've just woken from, but generally they are very small memories. This happens to me ALL the time.

It just so happens that this dream was so... intoxicating and unique that I cannot bare to just let it go because I simply cannot remember the whole thing. I want to be able have it down in letters in front of me. I want to savor it over and over again.

Have any of you found ways to stir up memories from your dreams? If not, what would you recommend that I do to complete the story line from this dream, using the memories I do have.

Until I hear from you, I will be trying to get myself into the mood and mindset to possibly re-enter this dream.

Feel free to message me if you would like any of my 'dreamy' details

 

[sr71plt]

You answered your own question. Just write it. For the parts you can't remember (and the longer you wait, the less that you'll remember), just write new details that are true to the emotion of the dream.

(Must say that this reads more like an invitation for private sex chat than what is given here as the topic, though.)

 

[iDreamInNude]

Well sr71plt I must admit I was in a frisky mood while writing this post. Since I had literally picked up my laptop right after waking and I was having a hard time getting this dream down into words. And I thought why not ask for advice from the people that have caused me inspiration and pleasure through their skillful writing.

And this is Literotica for crying out loud, how can one not be slightly aroused.

 

[sr71plt]

Well sr71plt I must admit I was in a frisky mood while writing this post. Since I had literally picked up my laptop right after waking and I was having a hard time getting this dream down into words. And I thought why not ask for advice from the people that have caused me inspiration and pleasure through their skillful writing.

And this is Literotica for crying out loud, how can one not be slightly aroused.

Who told you not to be aroused? The answer is pretty obvious and was given by both you and me already. Write the dream as you remember it, completing the parts you don't remember in details that are appropriate to the mood of the dream.

I'm doing that with my current story myself. Making elements of a dream I recently had into a complete story.

 

[iDreamInNude]

Well thank you for your opinion on writing out dreams sooner than later. And since it seems you have experience on writing out your dreams. Is there anything you would recommend to get yourself in the right mood/mindset to write about your dreams? Or does it depend on what sort of story you are developing? I'd be interested to see your stories and hear about how you develop them. I used to write very basic erotica when I was younger. But ever since I have been having very intense dreams like the one I spoke of above, I want to get back into writing again.

Looking forward to hearing more from you.

Evey

 

[sr71plt]

My stories usually just form inside my mind--maybe giving me a few elements of a story and then tucking themselves away to develop further. It isn't usually full blown when I sit down to write it, but it then fills in and spins out as I write. Not all of the ideas come from dreams--or even a majority of the ideas. Snippets of a dream or some other interesting tidbit of information or image is enough to get a story idea developing--but, in a dream story, I find I need to "grab" those elements shortly after I wake up and intentionally keep them for development or they'll just float away.

I don't try to replicate the dream (which seems to be the issue you are struggling with). I form a story around elements from a dream. Dreams are rarely coherent enough in themselves to hold together as a story. A barebones structure of situation and then a capture of the dream's mood are enough as a base for a story.

I write anything up to an 8,000-word story in one sitting, being focused on nothing except that story, until it's written. I write in one computer and fact check in a second one beside it. One review and then I send it to my editor. Cleanup and another review after it returns. Then I drop it into the paying market. After it's been there three or four months, I post it here.

There's a rare moment I'm not in a "writing mode," given the opporunity to sit down and write.