1.0Dream Gateshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgatesRobert Mosshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/author/rmossWriters dreaming, dreamers writing - Dream Gatesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PAGVu4tknQ"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/2012/02/writers-dreaming-dreamers-writing.html">Writers dreaming, dreamers writing</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/dreamgates/2012/02/writers-dreaming-dreamers-writing.html/embed#?secret=PAGVu4tknQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Writers dreaming, dreamers writing” — Dream Gates" data-secret="PAGVu4tknQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Writing and dreaming are closely related as daily practice. Writers who keep journals and record their dreams are giving themselves a warm-up, flexing the creative muscles that will work on the larger project. Writers who may not record their dreams with any regularity nonetheless rise from sleep with their heads full of words – as…http://blog.beliefnet.com/dreamgates/files/2012/02/mirror-for-a-writer2-224x300.jpg