Epigram for the new novel: "Dreams are the touchstones of our character." Henry David Thoreau
I am nervous about my newly finished novel relying so heavily on the character's ongoing nightmares. It seems a tricky conceit, and one that is easy for writers to abuse. However, it is crucial to the plot that my narrator have a series of dreams, dreams that escalate, become more terrible and claustrophic as the novel progresses. Dreams force the character to seek relief. And to connect.
I love creating dreams in my fiction and often use imagery from my own dreams, recorded over the years. Insects, especially swarming insects, are definitely a recurring theme when I have allowed my life to become out of control. So the dreams I created were thrilling to write. It is possible to be both thrilled and unsure about something newly written, there is a kind of unfiltered joy in the dichotomy.
I am nervous about my newly finished novel relying so heavily on the character's ongoing nightmares. It seems a tricky conceit, and one that is easy for writers to abuse. However, it is crucial to the plot that my narrator have a series of dreams, dreams that escalate, become more terrible and claustrophic as the novel progresses. Dreams force the character to seek relief. And to connect.
I love creating dreams in my fiction and often use imagery from my own dreams, recorded over the years. Insects, especially swarming insects, are definitely a recurring theme when I have allowed my life to become out of control. So the dreams I created were thrilling to write. It is possible to be both thrilled and unsure about something newly written, there is a kind of unfiltered joy in the dichotomy.