The Symbolic Language of Dreams
I found the reading "The Symbolic Language of Dreams", written by Stephens King, a very interesting story to write about. King stated a quote in his introduction saying that dreams are a useful way that help people find the nature of their problems; or, find answers to their problems in a symbolic way. The purpose of this essay is to show that dreams and imaginations were two main factors in King 's successful life. Hence, dreams and imaginations are critical factors when writing; they sure can resolve many issues and expand our thoughts in order to write better and longer books. Without passion writing good books is impossible.
King claims that his book "Salem 's Lot" was the perfect example of using a dream in his writings. Dreams are pictures put together in a peculiar situation. King states that "... the use of dreams is an obvious way to create that feeling of weirdness in the real world" (18). This means that King takes advantage of these bizarre pictures and includes them in his writings to create sensations for readers to experiment. In this particular book, King added a nightmare that he had when he was nine years old to the main point of the story -- which leaded to successful book.
King 's second dream allowed him to finish his book "It". He came to a point where he was frustrated not knowing how to continue or end his book. He went to bed thinking of an idea to add to the seven hundred pages of "It". The second morning King woke up frightened but very happy. He had the perfect idea! He wrote about the dream he had the night before and did not change anything. As King says, "creative imaging and dreaming are just so similar that they have got to be related" (22).
According to King, whether you are dreaming or writing creatively, your brainwaves work the same way. If you mix these two factors you can remember the information that happened in the past and that you have forgotten about. King calls this strategy "semi-dreaming." He used this approach when
King claims that his book "Salem 's Lot" was the perfect example of using a dream in his writings. Dreams are pictures put together in a peculiar situation. King states that "... the use of dreams is an obvious way to create that feeling of weirdness in the real world" (18). This means that King takes advantage of these bizarre pictures and includes them in his writings to create sensations for readers to experiment. In this particular book, King added a nightmare that he had when he was nine years old to the main point of the story -- which leaded to successful book.
King 's second dream allowed him to finish his book "It". He came to a point where he was frustrated not knowing how to continue or end his book. He went to bed thinking of an idea to add to the seven hundred pages of "It". The second morning King woke up frightened but very happy. He had the perfect idea! He wrote about the dream he had the night before and did not change anything. As King says, "creative imaging and dreaming are just so similar that they have got to be related" (22).
According to King, whether you are dreaming or writing creatively, your brainwaves work the same way. If you mix these two factors you can remember the information that happened in the past and that you have forgotten about. King calls this strategy "semi-dreaming." He used this approach when