Pillow Talk

[Angela]

Tonight I will dream the characters of a story.  They will circle my head and talk to one another as if I am not there.  One of them will wear a starched white men’s dress shirt, but I will think she is a woman.  Another will have thick brown hair, and will lean over me to make a point.  Two of them will be quiet, but will sit close to the conversation, hugging their knees, their knobby ankles without socks, feet bare on the mattress.  I will roll onto my left side, pull up the covers, and listen like a child, with little understanding, and faint memory.

[Bill Floyd]

I think most writers put themselves to sleep this way.  We need the company.

[Jadie Jones]

Oh how I wish I could capture the plots and dialogues that are developed in my dreams. And then once I wake up, the closer I get to grabbing them, the thinner and fainter they become.

[Kristine_ES]

please tell me  you keep a journal/notepad/blank wall with pencil next to your bed so you can record every bleary-eyed awakening story that tells itself to you? 

ok, sleepover at angela's house! 

[Mike Handley]

I love your mind. And words. Faved.

[Ron. Lavalette]

I, who have no facility for character creation, am massively envious of this work, this ability.  I particularly enjoyed the clarity and believability of the penultimate sentence, especialy since it relates concrete details of figmentary beings.  Wonderful! 

[Gita]

Teresa is right. A sleepover is called for. At some point you can curl up in the bed and we will all sit or lie down around you and talk. You can fall asleep to the sound of women's voices.

[Jeanette Cheezum]

Fantastic 6! I agree with Joey.

[Toby Tucker Hecht]

Robert Olen Butler says that fiction comes "From where you dream."  I think you showed this to us in your six.  I often think about my characters in bed at night, but they don't let me fall asleep.  I do better while driving in a car.  Then my characters really go at it.

[Joey Delgado]

Gorgeous. How cool to fall asleep surrounded by your own creations.

[Stephen Torelli]

Your writing conveys detailed imagery like going to the movies--"hugging their knees, their knobby ankles without socks." Keep writing!