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Q&A Writing in between dream sequences

I am writing a story in which a set of events occurred that the main character cannot remember, but they come back to him in his dreams. Basically the entire actual story takes place in his dreams,...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Devon Muraoka‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:20:53Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/10172
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Devon Muraoka‭ · 2019-12-08T03:20:53Z (over 4 years ago)
I am writing a story in which a set of events occurred that the main character cannot remember, but they come back to him in his dreams. Basically the entire actual story takes place in his dreams, but my real question is: How do I pad the dream sequences? It is clearly bad writing form to say

> He woke up from his dream, went about his day, and then at night, went to sleep and dreamed...

But in the story, life outside his dreams is supposed to be decidedly ordinary. How do I pad the extraordinary with the ordinary without it being boring?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-01-29T19:24:56Z (about 10 years ago)
Original score: 1