I had a dream last night where one man was holding me down while another carved "Jesus
Loves" on my toes. Was this
1. Proof that I have been reading and writing too many crime stories?
2. A new story idea?
3. Punishment for putting a comment on someone's blog that people read the Bible too much?
4. An invitation, albeit a nasty one, to come back to the fold?
5. A bit of undigested potato?
18 comments:
I think you're experiencing a reverse Rosemary's Baby thing. Tell me, are you married to John Cassavettes? Does Maude from Harold and Maude live next door?
I think it's really because I put that comment on a blog. Bad karma. Maude was pretty scary though. I think it was her voice.
i think religion has left painful bloody etchings on your soul,, and they manifested themselves as marks on your person..
i feel sometimes i have been irrevocably scared by chritianity,, and tho it has yet to manifest itself on my person,, even in a dream,, i do not believe that the scars are any less real...
I think you're right but I may use it in a story anyway. A good story trumps most anything.
Ooh, this sounds like a beautifully nasty part of a story. Wish my dreams would provide a few clever plot twists! Does the scar tissue make imprints in the sand if you walk barefoot?
The scar tissue hasn't formed yet. Maybe tonight.
I'm going to go with all of the above. =) But if you're fretting over your blog comment, that's probably why it got lodged in your psyche only to come out in your sleep.
It's Night of the Hunter through a feverish dream filter. Instead of LOVE and HATE on your fingers, it's JESUS LOVES on your toes.
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I think that's it, Clair. And congrats on the story in Back Alley. You're everywhere. And on top of all those courses!
Peter-That's one movie that scare the bejesus out of me. Notice the word I used. Yipes!
It is a wonderfully uncomfortable thought/image. The least you should do since you inflicted it on yourself is to put it to good use.
My first published story was a dream story.
I don't think I've ever had a dream story before--at least not my dreams. My husband's would be terrific if I wrote spy novels. He's always in Eastern Europe in his dreams, skirmishing with border guards.
Patty,
Whatever the message, that would be a great item for a story. I've written a screenplay that involved a little tattoo by carving. What are you working on lately? Give me an update.
Best regards,
Joe
Joe-Tattoes are so timely. Does everyone under forty have one? Sounds like a screenplay ripe for production.
Joe-My email to you came back. Send me one at aa2579@wayne.edu and I'll fill you in. Are you doing Kerrytown this fall?
Sounds to me like you were attacked by a fundamentalist pedicurist.
That's a mouthful. And if I write it, that's the title.
Chuck: Good one.
Patti: You did not say if you were scared when you woke up. I'm thinking if the two men were George Clooney and Brad Pitt - and they were playin' footsie with me - woo hoo!
My current WIP is based on the worst nightmare I ever had - I woke up scared shitless and the writer in me recognized the story potential (let's hope an agent will too).
Potato? Cheese late at night is what gives me nightmares....
I was terrified when I woke up.
The potato thing was from A Christmas Carol and a potato wouldn't bother me. Cheese or any milk product keeps me awake. And apparently chocolate cause here I am.
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