Do you dream about books?

[kitsune1997]

Every time. Once, I had read Harry Potter, Lord of the rings and Eragon at the same day. Let's just say that the dream was quite... weird

[AKBookAddict]

Haha...oh wow...this thread lol.

My answer to the original question, yes happens to me only when I spend all my free time readin non-stop day-in and day-out for like 3 days though. But at that point I'm basically walking around day dreaming and mumbling my own made-up scenes. It's quite a specticle...

[Tanaya]

Sometimes I dream that I'm reading books that don't actually exist. When I wake up, I can't remember the story itself but only the act of having been reading.

[moderntimes]

All the time.

I often dream that I'm "inside of" one of my own books and at the same time I'm writing it. Now I write modern crime fiction that tends to be fairly violent at times so I often confront a dangerous situation that came from my own book. What a drag, ha ha.

Other times I replay a scene from my novels and sometimes that helps me, in that upon waking, I remember a detail or problem that I'd not resolved too well, and I have to go back to the text and correct the problem prior to submitting it to the publisher. Eeek!

As for dreaming from someone else's books? Occasionally. I'll tussle with a dangerous foe or get involved in some scene of a book which I've just been reading. In these, I'm usually a bystander and not involved in the story line, just watching from the sidelines.

Since I've seen this thread I'll report on specific dreams that fit the test as they occur.

[Morgan_Malone]

If I am up reading very late and for a long time I will sometime dream about the book that I was reading.

[ALynnPowers]

Not recently. Recently I've just been dreaming of fish.

[moderntimes]

Fish, eh?

"Where is the fish? Where could it ever be? Is it over there....? Is it over here....?"

(from Monty Python's Meaning of Life)

Is it fish in a tank to look at? Is it fish to catch in the lake or river? Fish to eat?

Or is it flaming hordes of demonically possessed vampire-zombie giant person-eating fish who are just about to bust down your front door? Eeeek!

(oh, sorry, did I somehow influence your dreams?)

[jmck88]

Not usually but it would be exciting to dream about being in some of the books I've read.

[Jojowrites4All]

No, but I have awaken to write down things said or done in a dream. I image writing professionally one day.

[moderntimes]

Jojo, you cannot "imagine" writing professionally "one day". If you do that you will never be a writer, professional or otherwise.

What you MUST say to yourself is "I AM a writer! And I'm working to get my writing published!" Always think of this in the present tense, never the future tense, because if you do, such aspirations will always remain unresolved.

[jmck88]

good advice moderntimes.

[quadbrookie]

I thought I was crazy when I woke up after dreaming about books! I'm relieved that I am not the only one. I have had dreams where I continue reading in my sleep and start to morph the story into what I think is going to happen next. I usually wake up shortly after thinking, who does this, I must be a complete cook! It's comforting to know that this happens to others!

-- 07 Oct 2015, 00:14 --

I thought I was crazy when I woke up after dreaming about books! I'm relieved that I am not the only one. I have had dreams where I continue reading in my sleep and start to morph the story into what I think is going to happen next. I usually wake up shortly after thinking, who does this, I must be a complete cook! It's comforting to know that this happens to others!

[cowboy1]

My name is Kenneth E. In answer to your question, most definitely. My dream usually centers around the main characters and situations.

[Meg0169]

Sometimes I do, but generally only if the book has had a movie made based on it so that I have a face to put to the character.

[cowboy1]

I can appreciate that Meg0169. Have you ever considered putting your face to the character?