Chapter Three: Creating Ideas Through Dream Or Desire

Everyone has dreams or desires about something, whether it be about the afterlife, about being with a certain person, about accomplishing fame or fortune, or a certain career. This chapter focuses upon using your imagination to develop ideas that can be the basis of what you write about.

Have you daydreamed about going on an ocean cruise in the Bahamas? This could both be considered a daydream and a desire.

Do you look at the sky at night and wonder if on one of those many flickering lights in the sky if there is someone there looking up at their sky wondering about life elsewhere? Here is an example of your imagination and hence dreaming working at its very best.

Are you one of those people who can imagine living in a mansion and always having your bills paid on time or even in advance of the due date? Don’t think of it as a dream, think of it as a goal. It is also something that you can write about along your journey to success. This is an example of a desire that you can use to come up with ideas to write about.

Have you ever been involved in one of those seemingly ridiculous philosophical conversations? I’m referring here to the type of conversation in which the talk seems to gravitate to whether or not the universe simply exists inside a stinky old sneaker sitting in a box within a closet somewhere.

Before I finish this chapter I must admit that it wouldn’t be fair to not mention that you can also get ideas for your storytelling or article writing from actual dreams, or even from nightmares. Dreams and nightmares, no matter how crazy or ridiculous they may seem, are great places to get ideas from. A word of advice is needed here and that is to write down what happens in your dreams or nightmares as soon after the experience as possible. The reason for this is that it is sometimes easy to forget what actually happened in the dream or nightmare.

In these examples it is shown that you have an imagination that could lead to valuable ideas for articles or stories. Daydreaming and practicing philosophy are excellent ways to come up with ideas to put into print. Just imagine what you can do when you imagine.