Dreams about Characters

[ChipC]

I'm wondering if anyone else has this happen. Usually about halfway through a script I start having dreams about my characters, like they are real people. We chit chat, sometimes I just see them, I've even had a character tell me he didn't like one of the other characters! Well, he wasn't supposed to..

So please tell me someone else experiences stuff like this or I may be slipping the surly bonds of reality...

chip

[Jake Schuster]

I do it all the time when I'm working on a book. Actually, the book I just finished and that's currently making the rounds was completely dreamed up--plot, characters and even the title (which I changed) years ago.

[Moviequill]

I dreamt an entire action sequence using some over-the-top wild stuff that has never been seen on film yet, which I am currently working on -- so if it goes anywhere I can thank my ID as a co-writer

[ChipC]

Originally Posted by Anitapooh

Sounds awesome Chip

Our imagination is powerful. Thoughts rule our whole existence, our pulse, emotions, acts...

I am not sure if I have had particular dreams of characters, what I experience is more like becoming certain characters. Like, projecting who and what they are. And also, I've met a couple of new people in real life when I was writing on a story, and they were almost identical to the character(s).

For instance, I wrote a story about this man who just got out of prison and went to see his girlfriend who was now not interested in him anymore. She had a new guy. And this guy from prison becomes obsessed/jealous and then goes and kills her. And like this guy I met in real life, he looked exactly like what I had visioned my character like, (even had the same first name) and he told me first time we met that he just got out of prison, and hated his ex-girlfriend, and that he wanted me to kill her. OMG!!! I did not know this person whatsoever. Nor do we have any more contact of course. But hello, to me, this was strange since I was writing a story about this.

Wow! that in itself is quite a story! I think I'm inclined to suggest that you be more careful of what you write about! There has to be a good story in there somewhere....

Okay, well I'm relieved to know that either I'm not kookoo, or that I'm not the only one that is!

[Tom72]

Wow, you guys and girl (Anita) are always working. This is a very interesting thread.

Hemingway once said he refilled his well of ideas everynight, but you all take that to another level. That's so cool! I wish I could say I do the same, but either I don't or I can't remember them.

[Ralphy W]

Weird question, Tom72...

Did you used to post as TomDe72 (or something like that)?

[Jcorona]

I've always wished I could dream stuff up to help my stories but I hardly ever do, honestly I don't think I have.

CoronaHandsomeInHisSleep

[reddery]

I had this dream where Chip C and me were in a Nazi death camp and he was showing me this painting... kept saying 'dude, your gonna get us killed' ... and I was trying to explain how I'm not jewish, but a freemason... didn't help.

Then, Victor Hugo appears and told me how James joyce isn't gay, but liked afghanis - didn't like chip's painting either.

strange days indeed

[reddery]

Originally Posted by Anitapooh

And like this guy I met in real life, he looked exactly like what I had visioned my character like, (even had the same first name) and he told me first time we met that he just got out of prison, and hated his ex-girlfriend, and that he wanted me to kill her. OMG!!! I did not know this person whatsoever. Nor do we have any more contact of course. But hello, to me, this was strange since I was writing a story about this.

*shakes head* the people you meet in the dugeon of sex club

*wonders if this is the sort of experience David K is talking about.

Wait... Wachowskis' ... Keanu ... Joel Silver?

[Ralphy W]

Anitapooh -

Are you thinking of The Dark Half?