Blog on Dreams and Inward Journeys

Dreams and Inward Journeys was a book that helped my writing, and how I tapped into my writing, immensely. All of the stories were hugely formative, but for some reason the one that sticks with me is Stephen King's. He may be the most famous writer within the book, but I do not think that is why... For some reason I have very vivid dreams, and they stick with me, oftentimes for long periods. Stephen King wrote about this very thing, and how he applied it to his writing. I believe that this was the most formative thing that I read in the book, because much of my writing this semester was from my life, but in a way my dreams also influenced the things I wrote about, and the fears that I have, as well as the hope that I have for my future. Stephen King wrote about all of these dreams he had as a child and how many of them stuck with him to provide the basis and the ideas for entire novels. This is incredible, as some people do not have dreams that are consistently that vivid and alive within their subconscious, but I know that I do. Stephen King's essay on how dreams influence his writing has been very important in the writing that I have done since. When I have a fear that manifests itself in a dream, I try to write about it and release it in a way... I want it out of me so I can move forward, fearless and truly alive... Stephen King's story has allowed me to do just that. Our dreams, I believe, often tell us something, and it can be something incredibly important or it can be nothing at all, but they always say something about where we are at in our lives... If we can channel this, we can identify things and truths within us that we otherwise could not have... Stephen King understands this, and now that I do, it will be apart of my writing, always.