20210112 WIP Update - Stream of Water

HaikuPrajna

Breathing life into/ the wild, creatures and landscapes./ Beyond fear of change.

( Stream of Water ) 

Shifting back to “Spear-thrower”, which was the story I drafted for last year’s “Primal”-themed Inktober and the following National Novel Writing Month. The second draft is focused on fleshing out the characters and environment. One of the elements I am giving more description toward are the “wild-things”, which I envision to be hairy human-like mammals of various stature. Their Cain and giants inspired background lends into another element I am putting my attention toward, and that is the theosophy of the time period through the wisps and the cave-people’s usage of their mental imagery. By going over the first draft and adding elements like this to the story, to me it solidifies the themes of change and information that “Spear-thrower” is centered on.

Poetry on, and the first draft of "Spear-thrower" can be read here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/spear-thrower.html

Previews of the upcoming "SM-SARA" HaikuPrajna Collection can be found here:  https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/sm-sara.html

While I pitch my first novel, "Perennial City", the full first chapter along with rough-chapter previews can be found here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/perennial-city.html

Thank you for reading.

Until next time,

Allen W. McLean

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20210111 - Non-linear Path

 

HaikuPrajna

Learn to love oneself,/ to accept, and to control./ Transcend one's orbit.

(Non-linear Path)

Hello good readers,

Logging updates on "Orson Tripp", the novel I have been outlining. I touched on the story and plot, which thematically is about desire and dysphoria in the lense of mindfulness. The inpatients, especially Eloise, learn how to accept who they are. To avoid being too derivative of other "learning to love yourself" stories, I want to highlight the characters coping with their unchangeable facts so that they can instead focus on what can be changed. 

"Orson Tripp" is still a ways off; I put most of my energy toward the upcoming "SM-SARA" Collection and plotting "Orson Tripp" so that I have a new script to play with while editing "Spear-thrower" and pitching "Perennial City".

Previews of the upcoming "SM-SARA" HaikuPrajna Collection can be found here:  https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/sm-sara.html

While I pitch my first novel, "Perennial City", the full first chapter along with rough-chapter previews can be found here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/perennial-city.html

Poetry on, and the first draft of "Spear-thrower" can be read here: https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/p/spear-thrower.html

Thank you for reading.

Until next time,

Allen W. McLean

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Books, art, music, poetry, prompts and a whole lot more from me and April (@electricarmchair)!