08/12/01
I Am The Editor!
This dream had to do with Stories.com, I think. What I know for certain was that there was a newsletter that was going to be put out, so that's what leads me to believe it was this site. I feel as if I were in a classroom of some sort, so it may have been journalism class in high school or something (though I had that course in JUNIOR high). I believe it was the Fantasy Newsletter, and the regular writer wasn't going to be able to work on it this week, so they were looking for at least a temporary replacement. And they may have had me in mind. I was excited about this--"They chose ME!"--not even as anxious as I would be in real life, but I couldn't believe they were going to let ME put together the newsletter! I guess I was going to have to get reading, in order to figure out what items to include. Though the choice didn't seem to have been finalized yet.
Poor Brooks
The other fragment I remember from this night is now nothing more than a plot point for a possible future story. Two of my characters are Devetko and Brooks, who are lovers. Though I haven't written most of the stuff they're supposed to appear in, the way it usually plays out is that Devetko is the somewhat introverted, "vulnerable" one and Brooks is the more outgoing, take-command one. (Though Devetko is the opposite when with his detective partner, Kristeva--then it's HE who's rational and logical, and Kristeva who's intuitive and emotional. Both of them are introverts though. ;P ) So, with this difference in temperaments, it's usually Brooks who tends to look after Devetko when they're together, and Devetko relies more upon him for strength.
Last night in real life I read about how diver Greg Louganis was attacked by his boyfriend and the story surprised me because I'd never heard of it before. I guess that made its way into my dream, as I was thinking about what it would be like if such a thing happened to Brooks, thus exposing how vulnerable HE could be. I couldn't do it to Devetko since he's one of the main characters and has had his own share of crises so it would be redundant. If it were to happen to Brooks, I reasoned, it would turn everything on its head--HE would now be the one in need of strength, and Devetko would have to be the one to give it. I can't remember all the details in my dream, but I do know that I was in my room, pondering over it a lot. So much so that in real life I finally cooked up the scenario--a jealous ex-boyfriend of Brooks's showing up, the two of them getting into an argument, the attack, the aftermath--earlier on today and ran it by a few people, though not in as detailed a description as this.
It's sometimes amazing how quickly I come up with ideas that have such an impact on my characters themselves. I mean, it's not every day that you decide to let one of your important characters get raped. At least, I HOPE it isn't!!
2001 Dreams
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