{"id":370,"date":"2009-12-23T05:02:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synchrosecrets.com\/synchrosecrets\/?p=370"},"modified":"2009-12-23T05:02:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T05:02:00","slug":"stephen-kings-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themysticalunderground.com\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"Stephen King’s Dream"},"content":{"rendered":"
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 We’ve posted a number of stories about dreams and synchronicity and about dream and the creative process. One of our favorites is from Stephen King’s book on writing, On the Craft, <\/i>where a vivid dream provided the creative energy – and a plot and characters – for King’s novel, Misery.<\/i><\/p>\n

While on a flight to London, King fell asleep and dreamed of a woman who holds a writer captive.  A female fan. In the dream, the fan eventually killed him, skinned him, and fed his remains to a pig – then used the pig’s skin to bind his novel. As soon as King arrived at his hotel, he sat down and wrote the first 50 pages of the novel. <\/p>\n

The final product differed from the dream – the protagonist wasn’t killed, but was terrorized and tortured by the woman who held him captive. What’s so interesting about this dream, though, is that it seemed to plug King right into the creative flow that all writers seek and that flow lasted long enough for him to get the first 50 pages written. The book is considered to be one of King’s most riveting thrillers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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