Thread: What do you use to write your dreams down?

Well, going through the motions of writing with a pen/pencil seems to cement memories into one's consiousness better. However, if you write faster on the computer/laptop (like I do) here's what I'd do (and actually it is what I've been doing lately). I write down my dreams in a document, keep them in a special folder on my laptop, and then I'll go back to them at a later time (sometimes later that day, sometimes up to a week later) and re-write them in an actual journal...with a pen. This helps me a ton, and sometimes I will remember more when I'm re-writing it in my journal, even after a week or more. So, my advice is to do both. It's helped me a lot! Actually, some of the stuff that's on my computer is like a transcription from a voice memo that I've made earlier in morning with details that I don't want to forget, so really I have three dream journals; one in the form of a collection of voice memos, another on my laptop, and another in my actual dream journal...it works pretty well for me.

I started writing them down in a paper journal up until 2006 when I stumbled across this site. Back then when I was a teen I'd write when I wake up, or after I had finished with homework in high school. I'm 23 now and sometimes still write in the paper journal in cursive and sometimes my dream journal. It even helps me get ideas for writing projects I'm working on, too.