To me, dreams have always been very powerful. They are not refined
to the rules of reality. I have had dreams about being a ghost and about
floating churches. But through dreams bring action and adventure. They bring
mystery and romance and thriller. I know I am not the only one who feels like
that especially when my favorite author writes books about a dream world.
Through reading some of Ted Dekker’s books, they made me think about the rules
of reality and the deepness of dreams. He made me think about these questions:
What if we are living in a dream? What if one day we die only to wake up and
find out this whole entire life was all just a dream?
Well, our ideas about magic and flying and unicorns have to
come from somewhere, right?
One book of Ted Dekker’s that is primarily about dreams is
the Circle novels: Black, Red, White, and Green. The main character is a man
known as Thomas Hunter who gets shot in an alleyway while coming home from work
then passes out only to wake up in a Black Forest. Every time, Thomas falls
asleep in his Dream World, he would wake up in reality. Or is it the opposite
way around? Are both worlds real? Are they not? Thomas gets flooded with so
much confusion that he begins to eat a certain fruit that makes someone avoid dreaming,
therefore Thomas lives in his Dream World for years before actually waking up
in reality a day later.
You see, it’s not the story that gets me hooked, it’s the
fact that the whole entire story seemed and felt so real when I was reading the
books. It made me think that this could really happen though the story contains
magical fruit, water someone could breathe in, and an enemy that reminds me of
the Orcs from The Lord of the Rings.
When it comes to the future, I want to be able to write
books that draw people in like Ted Dekker’s books draw me in. Maybe about
dreams, but mostly about life. There is a lot of people who think life is so
good because they don’t see how what they’re doing is wrong. If I write books
and paint evil with the blackest of brushes but still make the book very
realistic and real, like Ted Dekker, maybe I will be able to speak to people
like Ted Dekker spoke to me.
I think your dreams of being a ghost and the flying churches would make great story material. Sounds like you really want to use your writing to make people think and consider their life choices.
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