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Nobody really cares about anything unless it’s part of a story they’re engaged with. Dreams are no different. Eg: “In my dream last night I was big and went ar
by josephg 3y ago
Nobody really cares about anything unless it’s part of a story they’re engaged with. Dreams are no different.
Eg: “In my dream last night I was big and went around eating buildings. I was angry for some reason” - boring.
Vs: “I work in a supermarket and I hate it. Last night I dreamed I was Godzilla, and I went to the supermarket I work at and reached my hand down and ate the supermarket whole. I could feel my coworkers still screaming in my belly, but I was still hungry”. More engaging right? It’s engaging because there’s story in it. It has relationship. Point of view. Tension.
It’s got nothing to with being famous. It’s all to do with being interesting. Dreams usually need to be digested a bit before they make good stories. They come out too wild. Too raw for popular consumption. Taming that (just enough) is the essence of good storytelling.
- Kiro 3y agoI don't feel your second version is more engaging. I think it's the fact that dreams are just "made up" and it's the same thing as if you would say "I was thinking that I was Godzilla". No-no would want to listen to that.
- josephg 3y ago> No-no would want to listen to that. Nobody would want to listen to made up stories? Nobody? Thousands of years of fiction would like a word.
- Kiro 3y agoYes, nobody. For every random made-up thought someone actually wants to hear there are millions of stories not a single person is interested in. Dreams are mostly the latter.