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MonkeyAbu:
Ok, so the title might sound a little bit weird, but the dream was like the icing on the cake and I think I am still recuperating from it.

For any of you who have read or are reading what has been written of my story "If Tomorrow Never Comes" so far, you know the plot of the story/what it's about. So here's what happened. A couple nights ago I had this really whacked out dream where basically I was going through the same thing that Brian is going through in the story. Pretty freaky deaky I'd say. Only difference was I wasn't a mega album selling popstar (I'm still working towards trying to get a record deal in real life...baby steps...). The emotions I felt in the dream felt so real that I swore (even after I woke up) that it was actually happening to me. All in all it was pretty traumatizing. Oh the woes of being an author huh? Anyway, having that dream made me hesitate about working on the story for a while and I'm just now getting back to being able to write. Afterall I feel kinda guilty for torturing Brian so much in ITNC.

I guess my point to this post poses a question:

Has anybody ever had the same experience (dreamt they were in the same position as the main character of one of their stories [especially if it is a very dramatic plot such as ITNC]) and woke up with the emotional stress of what you wrote the main character to be feeling? If so, how did you work that out in your head and how did you get past it?

Dreams can be freaky deaky...

Heh

honey:
LMAO YES! Ok I shouldn't be laughing cause that really sucks for you, but yes I did that when I was writing Welcome To My Heart. Of course it probably didn't help that I was writing myself in that story. But I had a lot of different dreams about my husband dying. I even stopped working on that story for a couple of months when it happened, but then it eventually nagged at my brain to finish it. Don't know how I got the dreams to stop, they just did though, so hopefully yours stop too.   

And good luck with the recording process!! That was originally my plan too. I was even a voice performance major in college. heh. Funny where life takes you. Now I'm a stay home mom with an idea that I might publish a novel someday and the closest I get to a music career is teaching music to little kids on Sunday's, the occasional solo performance here and there and a community choir.   

Having my own record would be freakin awesome though so best of luck to you!!! If you ever cut a demo, I totally want to hear it!!!!!

MonkeyAbu:

--- Quote from: honey on December 03, 2007, 02:35:40 AM ---
Having my own record would be freakin awesome though so best of luck to you!!! If you ever cut a demo, I totally want to hear it!!!!!

--- End quote ---

Well, I've already been in the studio once to record a couple of karaoke tracks (lame I know, but it's the only resources I had available to me at the time to record). Can't complain though because it was free studio time which should have costed me a pretty penny. But I did cut me a two track semi "demo" which has only made it to a few select family members (per my mom *groans*) and I highly doubt will make it further. By all means, it's not the worst sounding tracks a singer could cut, but I know it's not my best sound. I think it's just the tracks I picked. Went with my comfort zone songs and I think that approach backfired on me. Plus the recording booth was a bit cramped. Oh well, there's always a first time for everything. But I will definitely let you hear what I record next (that is if I am satisfied with it). LoL.

honey:
sigh. now that I'm not trying to go that route anymore I actually have the resources at my disposal and it drives me crazy. (that's what happens when you live in LA long enough I guess) I've actually had two people offer me studio time in a real studio to cut a demo and there was a time I would have KILLED for that. But I am so far away from that dream now I turned it down. Go figure. I have some friends that are really starting to break through in that business and now I've seen first hand what it takes to make it and I simply don't have the energy or desire to persue it anymore. Maybe if I didn't have children...

MonkeyAbu:
Well, I live in Branson, MO (dunno if you've heard of it) but it's like a mini Las Vegas when it comes to the shows, minus the casinos and gambling. I guess one would think it would be easy to find the resources to start something in a town like this, but I can tell you first hand that it ain't. There's a lot of bullshitters and I've run into one too many and nothing's ever come out of it. I guess you kinda learn how to spot the bullshitters lies after a while. But I have come across some reliable resources. It's just a matter of persuing it whole heartedly. I'm think about maybe getting off my ass and going to some auditions for shows in town next year. Still ain't giving up though. Singing is my passion (yeah, I know, that sounded really cliche)...just gotta take advantage of any reliable resources I come across, ya know?

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