Writers Workshop

Writing prompt: Do you have reoccurring dreams? What are they about?

I have several reoccurring dreams and through the years they have never changed.

First dream:

I am a young child and I'm walking alone in the woods. It's late in the day and the sun is going down.

I come up to this big wall with a big wooden door (BIG, like a drawbridge door). The wall is covered in dark green ivy. I know the door leads into a castle and I want to go in soooo bad.

But, when I get to the door I can see that the wall is covered in snakes! Snakes are everywhere. I am so terrified. I don't turn and run I just stand there and watch the snakes.

I want to go in that door, but I can't figure out how.

That's always how the dream ends.

I seriously must get in that door one day!

Second dream:

I'm driving a car, but I am in the backseat.

I can't control the car.

It's just me and I don't know why I'm in the backseat. I try to climb into the front seat but I can't.

Sometimes I'll make it into the passenger seat, but the car is always out of control.

Third dream:

It's an emergency and I am trying to dial a phone number.

I CAN'T DIAL IT!

I can't dial it right. I try, and retry, but I keep dialing the wrong numbers.

I know the number and can say it in my head, but my fingers will not dial it.



The last two dreams I can kind of explain. I have serious control issues and I know it. And I ALWAYS panic in ANY emergency situation. But that first dream, I have no explanation for it.