
i often wonder
why the couch looks like this-yikes-
playtime strikes again
playtime by Angie Quantrell
inspiration: Monet, destroyer of couch and assorted other household locations

I woke up one morning composing this haiku in my head. I was literally playing with words and counting out lines while I was in that between fully asleep and fully awake stage. That’s never happened before. I grabbed for my phone to take notes before my eyes were even fully open. LOL. My honey thought something was wrong, I grabbed the phone so fast.

Have you ever sleep-dreamed a poem or story idea?

Monet would like to know. And wonders if you have a couch she can destroy, or at the least, rearrange.
December 29, 2023 at 7:14 pm
I actually sleep dreamed the entire premise and main character of my novel in verse WISHES, DARES, AND HOW TO STAND UP TO A BULLY. Wrote 4 pages on a legal pad before getting out of bed so I wouldn’t forget anything. After a long dry spell in terms of story ideas, it felt like Devine Intervention.
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December 29, 2023 at 8:19 pm
That’s awesome!!! Good thing to write it down ASAP.
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December 29, 2023 at 8:43 pm
Just like you did…
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December 29, 2023 at 8:56 pm
Such fun!
And yes, I dreamed a story idea! It was How The Fairy Found Her Wings. But in the dream, I also had sold the story to a publisher! So I woke up all happy and excited but quickly deflated when I realized I didn’t have a story written OR a sale. I tried writing that story immediately, but it just didn’t work. Finally, it morphed into another fairy picture book that I have tried to sell to publishers for years – without success. So that dream did not come true! But when students at school visits ask me where I get my ideas from, I tell them sometimes they come to me in dreams. And maybe Fairy Farm will finally sell one day…
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December 29, 2023 at 10:36 pm
Oh, what a letdown! How perfect if you had had it sold when you woke up! I hope your fairy story sells! I have one I’ve been sending out into the world too (a fairy story)…to no avail. YET. We shall keep on trying!!
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