The start of this reminds me so much of a short story I JUST read. Of all things, it was a Stephen King short story, "Harvey's Dream". It's the line about sharing a dream so it does/n't come true.

(and since I'm blathering, "Harvey's Dream" was excellent--very well done suspense. It's the third story in "Just After Sunset" and it saved the collection from being returned to the library unread).

Ok, that's it. You just need to forget all the pics and just write out your whole story in just text. DO IT!