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Dreaming on the Page: Tap Into Your Midnight Mind to Supercharge Your Writing
Pick up a pen and dream.
Dreaming on the Page is for writers of all genres, from casual journal-keepers to experienced authors – and anyone who aspires to write.
Accessible to people who don’t remember their dreams as well as for people who do, this book will empower writers to pick up a pen and befriend all aspects of who they are. Dreams and writing offer approachable ways to live richer, more soulful lives both on and off the page.
Within these pages, discover how to:
Turn your dreams into poems and stories
Supercharge your poetry and prose
Blast through writer's block
Use brain science to help harness your creative powers
Have an endless supply of rich writing prompts
...and much more!
Pick up this book, tuck into bed, and tap into your midnight mind and supercharge your writing.
Dreaming on the Page is for writers of all genres, from casual journal-keepers to experienced authors – and anyone who aspires to write.
Accessible to people who don’t remember their dreams as well as for people who do, this book will empower writers to pick up a pen and befriend all aspects of who they are. Dreams and writing offer approachable ways to live richer, more soulful lives both on and off the page.
Within these pages, discover how to:
Turn your dreams into poems and stories
Supercharge your poetry and prose
Blast through writer's block
Use brain science to help harness your creative powers
Have an endless supply of rich writing prompts
...and much more!
Pick up this book, tuck into bed, and tap into your midnight mind and supercharge your writing.
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240 pages, Paperback
Published January 3, 2023
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August 28, 2022
Ever since I have stopped working in Corporate America I find my dreams have become memorable and exciting. Sometimes it is as if I’m dreaming a book or story. A few times now I’ve woken up and jotted things down because it really was a great story, or at least the beginning of one. And then I what if?
What if I took it further? What if I developed it? Trust me, I have no grandiose idea that it would be published, but just for myself. or maybe as something to leave behind for my younger family members one day when I’m gone and they’re old enough to read it. Why not?
We thinking about it is. One thing, but then I saw this book and it is just what I needed to get me started. It’s a great tool for getting the story out of my dreams and onto paper. The tips, fee and encouragement are what every would be writer needs to help get them from dream to reality. Well written and such great guidance and advice shared!
What if I took it further? What if I developed it? Trust me, I have no grandiose idea that it would be published, but just for myself. or maybe as something to leave behind for my younger family members one day when I’m gone and they’re old enough to read it. Why not?
We thinking about it is. One thing, but then I saw this book and it is just what I needed to get me started. It’s a great tool for getting the story out of my dreams and onto paper. The tips, fee and encouragement are what every would be writer needs to help get them from dream to reality. Well written and such great guidance and advice shared!
September 13, 2022
Gover has had a long interest in dreams. She relates dreams to writing in this book with a particular emphasis on poetry. She starts out by reminding us we dream every night, whether we remember them or not. She suggests a practice to help us in the skill of dream recall. She then give many practical ideas on how to use the imagery and information our subconscious reveals through dreams.
I found this to be a very practical book. I appreciate Gover's suggestions, such as keeping a pad and pen at bedside for immediate recall upon waking. I also appreciate the variety of exercises and writing prompts she has included in the book. I liked her general comments on using dreams to help us understand the world and our place in it. She has included suggestions for forming a group to establish a community in using dreams for writing.
This is a good book for aspiring and established writers. Using the ideas in the book will help generate new ideas and may reveal new and useful information for the writing habit.
I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.
I found this to be a very practical book. I appreciate Gover's suggestions, such as keeping a pad and pen at bedside for immediate recall upon waking. I also appreciate the variety of exercises and writing prompts she has included in the book. I liked her general comments on using dreams to help us understand the world and our place in it. She has included suggestions for forming a group to establish a community in using dreams for writing.
This is a good book for aspiring and established writers. Using the ideas in the book will help generate new ideas and may reveal new and useful information for the writing habit.
I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.
December 17, 2022
What do authors Stephen King, Amy Tan, Toni Morrison, and Sue Grafton have in common? They all used creative images from their dreams to write best selling novels. Gover gives delightfully practical guidance for increased dream recall as well as concrete ways to harvest the dream images of the unconscious for writers. If you're not a writer, Gover's book will still open up a world of deeper understanding. In Tover's words, "Dream images are supernovas pulsating with energy to illuminate your inner light."
January 12, 2023
LOVE this book! It's a great, fun, fact-filled guide to leveraging your dreams to become more creative in your writing. Definitely recommend!
September 18, 2022
This book, with all of its enthusiasm and encouragement, may have started something. in me. Punctuated by quotes on dreams and dreaming from well-known writers and psychologists, “Dreaming on the Page” manages to be both a practical writing guide, a tool for self-contemplation, and something a little magical.
The first half of the book deals with the dreams themselves and how we relate to them. I enjoyed the author’s discussion on how to make writing your dreams into a ritual of sorts, with a special pen and notebook, at a particular time of day, in a certain location with items that inspire or comfort you, so that the dreaming, the recording of the dreams, and the transformation of the dream material into something new and creative, becomes part of your daily life.
The author warns us not to focus so much on what the dreams MEAN but rather how they make us FEEL – that we need to listen and trust ourselves. Easy in concept, but harder to do (at least for me). I found it particularly useful and encouraging when the author suggested that one beat “dreamer’s block” by listening to their own natural rhythms of asleep and awake and taking advantage of their creative moments
The second half of the book was made up of different kinds of writing prompts for poetry and prose. Exercises include guided imagery from myths, asking yourself questions about the people and items in your dreams, etc., etc. I tried and enjoyed a few of them and look forward to trying more as time goes on. I took a lot of notes as I read this, and I hope to use it to start some good writing habits.
My sincere thanks to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for a review copy of this creative and delightful guide to dreaming and writing.
The first half of the book deals with the dreams themselves and how we relate to them. I enjoyed the author’s discussion on how to make writing your dreams into a ritual of sorts, with a special pen and notebook, at a particular time of day, in a certain location with items that inspire or comfort you, so that the dreaming, the recording of the dreams, and the transformation of the dream material into something new and creative, becomes part of your daily life.
The author warns us not to focus so much on what the dreams MEAN but rather how they make us FEEL – that we need to listen and trust ourselves. Easy in concept, but harder to do (at least for me). I found it particularly useful and encouraging when the author suggested that one beat “dreamer’s block” by listening to their own natural rhythms of asleep and awake and taking advantage of their creative moments
The second half of the book was made up of different kinds of writing prompts for poetry and prose. Exercises include guided imagery from myths, asking yourself questions about the people and items in your dreams, etc., etc. I tried and enjoyed a few of them and look forward to trying more as time goes on. I took a lot of notes as I read this, and I hope to use it to start some good writing habits.
My sincere thanks to the author, the publisher, and NetGalley for a review copy of this creative and delightful guide to dreaming and writing.
August 27, 2022
I loved this! This is basically a mix between writing, dreaming, and medication, and using all three to find wellbeing. I haven't had a chance to fully engage with all of the activities yet, but just reading through the book has made my own dreams more vivid and memorable. I'm going to buy the hardcopy so that it will be easier to go through the activities and make notes.
Thank you to Independent Publishers Group, The Collective Book Studio and NetGalley for the opportunity to access this free e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to Independent Publishers Group, The Collective Book Studio and NetGalley for the opportunity to access this free e-arc in exchange for an honest review.
December 11, 2022
My thanks to both NetGalley and the publisher Independent Publishers Group- The Collective Book Studio for an advanced copy of writing and wellness guide.
Everyone dreams, though what we dream about are all different. Some dream of better worlds, some dream about controlling the world. We have good dreams, and nightmares in equal measures. Dreams had make us happy, or make us feel bad for not making them come true. Dreams are a way that the soul and the mind can meet and compare notes. Creatively dreams can influence us, make an artist want to complete that project, write that book, finish that screenplay, which is the subject of the book by Tzivia Gover. Dreaming on the Page: Tap Into Your Midnight Mind to Supercharge Your Writing is a writing guide that goes right to the source of our creativity and how we can move dreams to the printed page.
The book begins with the author discussing her interest in not only her own dreamscape but th dreams and meanings of dreams to others. Some of the ideas mentioned are pretty interesting in themselves, which highlights a lot of the ideas of this book. Dreams not only help us creatively but spiritually. The book than details the ideas on how to communicate to the waking mind what it has projected overnight, how to create a dream journal, an how to optimize a sleeping space to make it both comfortable and efficient to write down what happens. Gover explores works by writers who have written about dreams, or have had stories appear to them in dreams, along with experiences by others in her classes or have communicated with her. Prompts are suggested, along with writing exercises and meditative ideas on expanding and encouraging dreams, and how to focus on them. One point that arises again and again is that not only is this a book for writing, but it is a book for wellness, as understanding what we think about sleeping, is just as important as what we do in waking hours.
Gover has a very nice writing style, able to communicate a lot of ideas, and suggestions without sounding to well hippie, and yet is able to give a sense of fun, and excitement about this journey that readers might be attempting soon. The prompts are very rewarding, and really do get creative ideas flowing. Some of Gover's suggestions for making sense of the chaos that can be a dream are interesting, and could be both fun and revealing. Gover does want readers to be both having fun while creating, and feel better about themselves. For all the discussions on writing the book does focus on helping the whole person, as dreams tell us quite a lot about our true feelings and can help us greatly in our everyday life.
A different kind of writing book, one that is both spiritual and creative, with lots of good prompts, exercises, stories, and examples to build on and find encouragement from. A very good book for inspiring writers to get ideas from, or for people who are having hard times, and need something to encourage them, dreams can do that. And keep us going.
Everyone dreams, though what we dream about are all different. Some dream of better worlds, some dream about controlling the world. We have good dreams, and nightmares in equal measures. Dreams had make us happy, or make us feel bad for not making them come true. Dreams are a way that the soul and the mind can meet and compare notes. Creatively dreams can influence us, make an artist want to complete that project, write that book, finish that screenplay, which is the subject of the book by Tzivia Gover. Dreaming on the Page: Tap Into Your Midnight Mind to Supercharge Your Writing is a writing guide that goes right to the source of our creativity and how we can move dreams to the printed page.
The book begins with the author discussing her interest in not only her own dreamscape but th dreams and meanings of dreams to others. Some of the ideas mentioned are pretty interesting in themselves, which highlights a lot of the ideas of this book. Dreams not only help us creatively but spiritually. The book than details the ideas on how to communicate to the waking mind what it has projected overnight, how to create a dream journal, an how to optimize a sleeping space to make it both comfortable and efficient to write down what happens. Gover explores works by writers who have written about dreams, or have had stories appear to them in dreams, along with experiences by others in her classes or have communicated with her. Prompts are suggested, along with writing exercises and meditative ideas on expanding and encouraging dreams, and how to focus on them. One point that arises again and again is that not only is this a book for writing, but it is a book for wellness, as understanding what we think about sleeping, is just as important as what we do in waking hours.
Gover has a very nice writing style, able to communicate a lot of ideas, and suggestions without sounding to well hippie, and yet is able to give a sense of fun, and excitement about this journey that readers might be attempting soon. The prompts are very rewarding, and really do get creative ideas flowing. Some of Gover's suggestions for making sense of the chaos that can be a dream are interesting, and could be both fun and revealing. Gover does want readers to be both having fun while creating, and feel better about themselves. For all the discussions on writing the book does focus on helping the whole person, as dreams tell us quite a lot about our true feelings and can help us greatly in our everyday life.
A different kind of writing book, one that is both spiritual and creative, with lots of good prompts, exercises, stories, and examples to build on and find encouragement from. A very good book for inspiring writers to get ideas from, or for people who are having hard times, and need something to encourage them, dreams can do that. And keep us going.
May 1, 2023
First of all, I never remember my dreams. They're gone the second I sit up in bed. Even so, Tzivia Gover insists in her book, anyone can learn to remember their dreams if they're patient and try. Once you do, you can journal these dreams and use them to tap into a deeper level of creativity to make new poems, prose, and stories.
Gover offers detailed advice on how to access dreams. Though I initially felt this was futile, I followed her instructions, and to my utter surprise and delight, I remembered my first dream...but only for a few seconds. The second night, I remembered more, and the third night I filled up three pages in my dream journal! I couldn't believe it!
Why care about remembering dreams? Well, it's a window into your mind, and a way to access another level of your creativity. If you enjoy writing poems, stories, and prose, dream journaling is yet one more arrow in your quiver.
In her book, Gover gives many fun (and doable) writing prompts and ways of looking at your dream journal and shaping your material to create new writing.
This is a fun and fascinating book for both writers and dreamers.
Gover offers detailed advice on how to access dreams. Though I initially felt this was futile, I followed her instructions, and to my utter surprise and delight, I remembered my first dream...but only for a few seconds. The second night, I remembered more, and the third night I filled up three pages in my dream journal! I couldn't believe it!
Why care about remembering dreams? Well, it's a window into your mind, and a way to access another level of your creativity. If you enjoy writing poems, stories, and prose, dream journaling is yet one more arrow in your quiver.
In her book, Gover gives many fun (and doable) writing prompts and ways of looking at your dream journal and shaping your material to create new writing.
This is a fun and fascinating book for both writers and dreamers.
February 23, 2023
There is no shortage of writing books on the market, but none quite like Dreaming on the Page. Gover, a creative writing teacher, author, and poet, has been studying dream research and teaching dream writing classes for 15 years. This books leads you to think of your dreams as sources of stories. With engaging exercises to help you capture your dream images, this book is a jump start to break through writer's block, prompt ideas, and mine your emotions to create authentic and interesting characters. I was a skeptic about keeping a dream journal where you set your intentions and then record your dreams when you first wake, but not anymore. While my dreams may not be the best for story I have learned to record those first waking emotions in the morning and have them fuel my work later in the day. This method is fun to try and everyone likes to discuss how they dream.
October 26, 2022
I love Tzivia's writing style, it's both engaging and lyrical. Her writing exercises are fun and do what they were intended to do, inspire creativity and get the pen moving. I wrote 4 poems using just 2 of her prompts one day. I appreciate the way she organized the material, granting the reader the flexibility to choose prompts from anywhere in the book so one doesn't have to follow the chapters in a linear fashion. Using dreams as a wellspring for creativity is a treasure-trove for writers, musicians and visual artists alike. Dreaming On The Page is like the proverbial treasure map that leads to the abundance and richness of your own composing. I'm looking forward to working with another prompt tomorrow morning!
July 6, 2023
Dreaming on the page was not impressive. For the most part I had a hard time following along and wished that the chapters would end. It has potential but unfortunately there isn’t much when it comes to that. If there was some options to help me stay focused on the book at hand then I would consider rereading it.
July 22, 2026
I found this book to be incredibly insightful it's given me a lot to think on and some excellent prompts for dream writing and writing in general I've already found an increase in my ability to recall my dreams and I think I've been dreaming more frequently.
December 15, 2022
This is such an awesome book!!!
January 10, 2025
If you're a writer, as a hobby or professional, grab this book to discover a whole new realm of ideas from your dreams. Gover has practical ideas for getting your dream ideas onto the page. I read this book slowly while I tried her techniques. With practice, I noticed patterns and could verbalize them.
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