Write down the main characters. Write a quick description of every character you remember from your dream. If your dream character is based on someone you know in real life, you can refer to them by name. Otherwise, provide as much detail as possible. 1. Dr. Norris. 2. That lady from the insurance commercials, with the blue skirt and yellow top. She and I were husband and wife. 3. Mom, except in the dream she was ten feet tall and her skin was purple Write down the setting(s). Write about your surroundings. Were you inside or outside, in a familiar place or a strange one? Most of the dream took place in Dr. Norris’s classroom, except at one point we were all standing beside the rocks at Stonehenge. Write about what happened in your dream. Don’t worry about creating a cohesive narrative—most dreams don’t follow conventional storylines. Instead, just write down everything you remember. Dr. Norris told me that if I could grow wings, I wouldn’t have to take the history final. Then I was floating high in the air, looking down at his head. Dr. Norris became angry and said that I cheated. Mom showed up on the back of a golden retriever and said that I was late for dinner except her voice came out of the dog’s mouth. I told her that my wife and I would be dining in Barcelona so she didn’t need to cook for me. Try to interpret your dream. Think about what events in your life could have prompted you to have this dream. I’m definitely nervous about the history final on Tuesday, and Brendan and I were joking yesterday that the only way to get an A would be to cheat. Keisha showed me a picture of her new golden retriever puppy the other day. I haven’t talked to Mom in a while, so maybe this was my subconsciousness making me feel guilty about that.