Data and divulgation - the stream of endless data - attempting to make ripples in the stream, which is largely outside our control, by strategically 'dropping stones'. In order to create chaos ripples, or to attempt to deflect the stream. These stones are ERASED by the stream, through erosion, worn to pebbles, into sand, into … Continue reading Echo / / Echolocation / / / Echolocution? / / / / Communication through Echo
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“Let’s make the world’s stupidest stand and truly mean it.”
"I loved once, but I recovered," Mark Dawn tells Adolai Shungyosai. - CHARACTER SKETCH CONVERSATION SCENE - OF TWO MAIN MALE CHARACTERS IN 'THE SKEIN' "If you want to take care of the life of this world, you cannot need another," he continues. "That's a lonely way of being." Adolai argues. "There is no other." … Continue reading “Let’s make the world’s stupidest stand and truly mean it.”
NaNoWriMo 2020 – FRIDAY Communiqués – #1 – The Passion and the Peril – Write Methods: STRENGTH OF ATTENTION
I plan to issue an article each Friday of November during this year's National Novel Writing Month (2020), giving some kind of nebulous advice, to myself and others on how we might approach a heightened involvement with writing a big project. For this first Communiqué, I want to talk about ATTENTION. I've come to realize, … Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2020 – FRIDAY Communiqués – #1 – The Passion and the Peril – Write Methods: STRENGTH OF ATTENTION
‘INTAKE PROCEDURES’ – ‘The Skein’ Novel-In-Progress Scene – Being Taken to the E.R. After Being Dosed With LSD, After a Night of Wandering Through the Woods Alone
‘Ogtrop’‘Yes.’‘Is that a name?’‘Yes.’He looked at me with a downward look, a kids glove type of condescension that expected misunderstanding. I mistook it for a scientific intention to experiment. Innocent, I took flight from the ordinary.‘Dr. Aleks Ogtrop. I’ll be taking care of you for the time being. Now, how are you feeling?’‘I… don’t know…? … Continue reading ‘INTAKE PROCEDURES’ – ‘The Skein’ Novel-In-Progress Scene – Being Taken to the E.R. After Being Dosed With LSD, After a Night of Wandering Through the Woods Alone
NaNoWriMo is a Multi-Faceted Tool – Use It To Get To A Daily Writing Habit!
I ejoyed this Pep Talk from NaNoWriMo by bestselling author Brandon Sanderson https://nanowrimo.org/pep-talk-from-brandon-sanderson-2011 He looks at Nano in much the way I do, as a month of inspiration to rededicate yourself to writing and challenge your habits in various ways. Lots of good insights in this little article if you are looking at doing NaNo … Continue reading NaNoWriMo is a Multi-Faceted Tool – Use It To Get To A Daily Writing Habit!
One Way to Keep Tone on Writing a Novel is to pick a ‘Theme’ Song – Here’s My Pick for ‘The Skein’ – ‘The Mountain Goats – Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise’
The 'Theme' Song for my novel 'The Skein: Birth of the Manticore' is this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1pEprPvJvg [Verse 1]This is just to say helloAnd to let you know I think of you from time to timeI know I never really knew you, but somehow I miss youAnd wish that you'd stayed in my life [Chorus]Making contact … Continue reading One Way to Keep Tone on Writing a Novel is to pick a ‘Theme’ Song – Here’s My Pick for ‘The Skein’ – ‘The Mountain Goats – Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise’
Synopsis of My Novel In Progress – ‘The Skein: Birth of the Manticore’ first of the Series ‘The Kybernetes Cycle’
THE SKEIN - Three Act Story Structure Outline for Novel ACT I Hook - The Protagonist Adolai Shungyosai has just spent the night with his new girlfriend, and she sleeps over after a brief discussion of the weight of the intentions for their developing relationships. He has class in the morning and meets a new … Continue reading Synopsis of My Novel In Progress – ‘The Skein: Birth of the Manticore’ first of the Series ‘The Kybernetes Cycle’
Longer Novel Excerpt – Group Therapy in the Mental Hospital
An Excerpt from my NOVEL-IN-PROGRESS 'THE SKEIN' Shungyosai, my main character, is in the mental hospital after being dosed with LSD at a Halloween bonfire party. In the hospital he meets a guy he calls the regular, a patient with severe mental health issues who occasionally checks himself in when the real world gets to … Continue reading Longer Novel Excerpt – Group Therapy in the Mental Hospital
Ironic Psychotic Reactions In Therapeutic Milieus
Writing Convincing Mental Patients – ‘Write What You Know’
I'm working on a section of my novel where my main character, Adolai Shungyosai, has a stay in the psych ward after unwittingly ingesting some LSD at a Halloween party. It causes some developments on his character as he meets revelations about aspects of the world he was hiterto uninformed about, as well as meeting … Continue reading Writing Convincing Mental Patients – ‘Write What You Know’
The Haunted Typewriter 