Daydreamers may incite teachers to insist their students stop and pay attention to their instruction, but for most of us, daydreaming transports us to other places and times and relieves many boring moments in our lives.
For a writer, daydreams inspire many stories yet to written.
While night dreams may also lead to plot ideas or characters, for me those sometimes head into darker places. I have written those stories, too, but I appreciate where daydreams take flight. The initial trip to Daydream Land may be innocent enough, but often leads me to an intricate plotline that turns sinister.
Daydreaming has led me to ask What if? Why? and How?
They've led me to wonderful dark thoughts that transpired into Noir storylines. Admittedly, I have an affinity for hardboiled detectives, so those day trips to my imagination brought fun to write short stories where I get to plack (my mother's made-up word when she was a kid that was an abbreviation for "play like") as a hardened private eye chasing down a bad guy that was really bad.
Some of my personal recent daydreams include:
Do you live part time in fantasy land, too? Maybe we'll meet up in a daydream or two! What fun that would be!
Daydreaming has led me to ask What if? Why? and How?
They've led me to wonderful dark thoughts that transpired into Noir storylines. Admittedly, I have an affinity for hardboiled detectives, so those day trips to my imagination brought fun to write short stories where I get to plack (my mother's made-up word when she was a kid that was an abbreviation for "play like") as a hardened private eye chasing down a bad guy that was really bad.
Some of my personal recent daydreams include:
- What if I'd been in a bank where a robbery was about to take place?
- What if I were in that movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado?
- What if I were on a campus that had a sudden lockdown?
- What if I were stuck in an elevator? Which person would I want to be in there with and how long would be to long?
- If I had just one author to read the rest of my life, which would I choose?
- What is worth most: good looks, money or brains? (Thinking Marilyn Monroe, Bill Gates or Einstein)
- If I had to live in cartoon land, what characters would I most enjoy sharing my time?
- If I had my choice of mentors, which would be best suited for me?
- If I could meet with a fictional character for coffee, who would be most interesting?
- What super power would I most like to posess?
Do you live part time in fantasy land, too? Maybe we'll meet up in a daydream or two! What fun that would be!