http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/forum/forum/dream-sequence Unstressed Syllables discussion and practice en-US Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:25:26 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/forum/search.php http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/forum/topic/dream-sequence#post-8 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:14:36 +0000 Carlos Velez 8@http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/forum/ <p>Hello! Here's the link to my <a href="http://www.consciousme.com/2010/01/07/writing-exercise-dream-sequence-inciting-incident/">Dream Sequence post</a>. </p> http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/forum/topic/writing-exercise-instructions-2#post-6 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:03:03 +0000 Aaron Pogue 6@http://www.unstressedsyllables.com/forum/ <p>This week I talked about document structure and got into detail on chronology and point of view, and now it's time to stop talking and start doing.</p> <p>Your assignment this week is to write out a dream sequence. Of your own. This should be as close to non-fiction as you can manage.</p> <p>If at all possible, write out the story of a dream you had last night (or recently). If not, to the best of your ability, recreate a particularly interesting dream you've had in the past. If you can't even manage that, I'll settle for a dream that seems like the kind of dream you would have. (See how generous I am?)</p> <p>What I want you to do, though, is try to retell the dream exactly as you experienced it. Remember what I said about telling a story in order, start to finish? You'll learn just how hard that is to do when you start trying to tell the story of a dream. Why? Because our subconscious minds don't obey that rule, and our subconscious minds play a big part in the development of our works in progress.</p> <p>So this is an experiment in control. I want you to really grapple with the uncontrollable crazy behind your eyes that's trying to tell you how to tell your story...and at the same time, I want you to practice telling a story. Give me 200 to 500 words, and if you're brave enough, post it up as a new topic here.</p> <p>I can't wait to hear what you've been dreaming about! </p>