J. S. Elliot
Inkling
While I have had dreams that have laid out entire plotlines or given me interesting characters before (even if most of them are still lined up in my "to be written" queue), that hasn't happened often. With the exception of this one. I know that grafting dreams into stories seems to have a rather poor reputation (not going to name any, as I think it's perfectly obvious ...); but it does have potential in it's own way. Even if I haven't done Contemporary/Urban Fantasy before.
Over an extended period of time, I've had it several times; each more detailed than the last. The ages that I distinctly remember it at are 7/8ish, 10, 13, 15, 16, and again fairly recently. So you have some idea of context so I can get opinions, here is a rough summary of the dream:
Well, the dream takes place - mostly - in the middle of the night. This in itself makes it hard to tell part of what is going on, but I[?] am more or less walking along either a dirt or cobbled road [it's changed between sequences]. Nothing special or particularly interesting at first. Then someone else crosses my path. He's a little taller, but it's hard to see exactly what he looks like.
Though the company is somewhat warily accepted, as the night goes on, then things start happening. Upon stopping for whatever reason, the both of us are jumped. Then the dream jumps forward with several disjointed scenes: Something akin to lycanthroopy, except it is the growing of scales and claws in a draconian manner; running through woods in a dog-like way, but can clearly feel that it's scales and not paws hitting the ground; then snowfall. It looks like a bit of a cultish thing, or a gathering that most obviously wouldn't approve of considering the hard to reach location, but I never see what actually happens. The next scene is blood on the snow, and then I fall through ice.
(There is an obvious time skip between the three disjointed scenes, though.)
The write-up is obviously in first person because the POV is debatable, but if I do write this, it'll be in third person. But I have a couple questions for this.
1. As previously stated, having no experience in this subgenre, what would someone who has or does write it suggest?
2. What cliches or tropes are common in the Contemporary/Urban side of the genre?
3. Cliche questions aside - What would be your honest opinion of the base section of the idea?
4. I personally haven't seen reptilian-base shapeshifting focus before, but perhaps you have?
And anything else that may come to mind. Since I'm quite familiar with this dream, I'll try to answer any questions you might have pertaining my own. Thank you in advance for your time. ^^
Over an extended period of time, I've had it several times; each more detailed than the last. The ages that I distinctly remember it at are 7/8ish, 10, 13, 15, 16, and again fairly recently. So you have some idea of context so I can get opinions, here is a rough summary of the dream:
Well, the dream takes place - mostly - in the middle of the night. This in itself makes it hard to tell part of what is going on, but I[?] am more or less walking along either a dirt or cobbled road [it's changed between sequences]. Nothing special or particularly interesting at first. Then someone else crosses my path. He's a little taller, but it's hard to see exactly what he looks like.
Though the company is somewhat warily accepted, as the night goes on, then things start happening. Upon stopping for whatever reason, the both of us are jumped. Then the dream jumps forward with several disjointed scenes: Something akin to lycanthroopy, except it is the growing of scales and claws in a draconian manner; running through woods in a dog-like way, but can clearly feel that it's scales and not paws hitting the ground; then snowfall. It looks like a bit of a cultish thing, or a gathering that most obviously wouldn't approve of considering the hard to reach location, but I never see what actually happens. The next scene is blood on the snow, and then I fall through ice.
(There is an obvious time skip between the three disjointed scenes, though.)
The write-up is obviously in first person because the POV is debatable, but if I do write this, it'll be in third person. But I have a couple questions for this.
1. As previously stated, having no experience in this subgenre, what would someone who has or does write it suggest?
2. What cliches or tropes are common in the Contemporary/Urban side of the genre?
3. Cliche questions aside - What would be your honest opinion of the base section of the idea?
4. I personally haven't seen reptilian-base shapeshifting focus before, but perhaps you have?
And anything else that may come to mind. Since I'm quite familiar with this dream, I'll try to answer any questions you might have pertaining my own. Thank you in advance for your time. ^^