More Than a Dream delves into a story of an aspiring writer, balanced on the edge of success. Writing small stories and articles for a local newspaper to pay his way through college, Thorliff’s world suddenly turns upside down when a disaster hits his hometown town of Blessing in North Dakota. Left in turmoil and reeling from lost friends, Thorliff starts to realise that his dream of becoming a writer is a distant dream to what is going on around him now.

Elizabeth is anxiously anticipating to hear if she has been accepted from a medical school she has applied for. As she waits she takes a nursing job at a hospital for women in Chicago and witnesses a devastating experience in the hospital to transform her world. Placing stress on her relationship with God and exposing her to the real world, which is a far cry away from her affluent and cosy life.