20210113 WIP Update - The River Wisp

 

HaikuPrajna

“... and wash the bones of/ the previous day in the/ ever-flowing stream...”

( The River Wisp )

Entering the third week of the year, and I just finished getting around to setting up reading and writing goals to keep me out of these slumps. Today's poem is a line taken from the second draft of "Spear-thrower". The wisps share mental visualizations to Spearthrower and the other cave-people. The peoples are required to believe in the wisps, due to their camouflaging techniques, in order to experience the mental images. The river itself carries its own wisp, and is meant to be symbolic for the beginning and the end of the story.

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