Announcing the Dream Soup™ series
A Call for “Dream Story Authors”

Dream Soup™ is envisioned as a series of books containing motivating and inspirational stories about dreams that changed our lives, opened new doors, expanded our awareness, helped us pull ourselves up and move on – helped us to achieve our waking dreams! The idea is to inspire everyone with the idea that by understanding and working with your dreams, you too can change your life and become all you ‘dream’ you can be. The books will be filled with inspiring stories but also with helpful hints and examples of how anyone can understand and work with their dreams.

Some of the stories and introductions will be provided by many of the well known experts in the field – but it is envisioned that most of the stories will come from those of you who have simply experienced the power of your dreams. The sample covers and titles here represent the plans for the first 3 releases.
However these books will evolve on their own, on the basis of the stories you tell. To that end we are calling for your dream stories – short stories that tell how working with a dream helped you to make a change in your life.

If you are interested in being a “dream story author” please read and respond to the Author Guidelines below.

Your Dream Stories may also Help Support Dream Research! The goal of the series is not only to inspire dreamwork, but to support dream research. The details involved in publishing the series in a way that furthers these goals, are still in the works, but the plan is that the net proceeds will go toward dream research – through a grant program that exists as a partnership between the DreamScience foundation and the International Association for the Study of Dreams. So by offering your dream stories and time to this effort, you may also be donating to the much needed research of dreams and dreaming.

Dream Story Author Guidelines

We are looking for dreams stories that are written in a style much like you would tell your story to a friend. It is best to begin with some background or introductory description of what was going on in your life at the time of the dream, perhaps the emotional situation or circumstance that the dream eventually helped you overcome. Some of you will have dreams that came from others yet it effected your life. If it was your dream, however, describe the dream briefly, the parts of the dream that were important to the situation and the changes you made. Describe the dream setting, perhaps the emotional environment of the dream and how you felt in the dream if they seemed important. Discuss how you came to understand the dream and then how it impacted or changed you, your awareness or your life. Tell it from the heart level, describing how it changed your thoughts, emotions or behaviors, what actions you took and how the dream inspired you to do so. Try to tell your story in the range of 600-1200 words. Suggest at short title for your story in just a few words (sometimes 1 to 4 words are most meaningful). Write an author biography (no longer than 60-100 words) that you would want us to print in the book. If you wish to remain anonymous you may do so as well. Email your dream story to submissions@dreamsoup.org  If your story is approved we will let you know that it is being placed in queue for eventual editing into one of the book releases. Dream stories will be collected over a period of time as each book evolves into a final version so don’t be discouraged. After your article is edited, we will return it for your review before it goes into final copy. An author agreement will be provided during the editing process.

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