Metaphysical and Self-Help Subjects
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Metaphysical and Self-Help Subjects
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Oct 8, 2010 – 13 40 |
New to NaNo and was hoping to see a Metaphysical / Self-Help topic in this forum. I didn’t find one (could have missed it, so if so, please redirect me) so thought I would start a ‘section’ for general discussion… Thanks!
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Somewhere around here, I started thread #3 on this forum, I forget what the title was, and I’m not sure if it’s still in this forum or got moved…anyways, there was at one point a thread mentioning Metaphysical and Self-Help Subjects – I know because I started it! =P
As usual, I’ve got several books and plots running rampant in my head this year. There’s a sci-fi and a horror and a fantasy, about a dozen short stories creeping in, and one not quite fiction but not quite non-fiction Metaphysical Self-Help Book!
Here’s a thing I posted about it in the “intro” thread:
- I’m still deciding on genre, it could go several ways, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, but the more I think about it the more it is leaning towards Religious-Supernatural-Spiritual. Probably will end up New Age Fantasy or something like that.I’m thinking of writing a story that deals with the power of dreams and how they effect the MC. It’s not religious per say, and leans more towards New Age Fantasy I think, though I was having thoughts about adding the Pleasians into part of it, which could turn it into Sci-Fi right quick! LOL!Briefly:The MC is a Native American going on a Spirit Quest. But it’s not a typical Spirit Quest, because every time he falls asleep, he wakes up in another realm/world (is actually transported there). In Dreamtime he meets his Spirit Guide, and each night the Guide sends him on a different “quest” or journey. He ends up, by the end of the book having a deep spiritual “awakening” and returns to his village as a Shaman/Spiritual Leader. The book itself will be sort of a anthology of short stories, where each chapter will be a different night/dream quest. So it’ll be like a bunch of mini-stories which make up one big story.I hope that made sense to you. I’m not 100% sure I’m going with this plot or not, I’ve got a few other in my head too, but this one I really like.
Now, from reading that you would think it was a fiction book right? Well, like I said, that’s just breifly describing it. When I go into more detail, it comes off sounding non-fiction and self helpish instead. I’ll try to explain.
First off, I got the original idea after reading this book: Magical Meditations: Guided Imagery for the Pagan Path
My idea grew farther after reading this book: Creative Visualization: Use the Power of Your Imagination to Create What You Want in Your Life (Gawain, Shakti)
And than last month, the whole thing just sort of took off big time after I read this book Healing Visualizations: Creating Health Through Imagery and this book: The Secrets of Self-Hypnosis: Harnessing the Power of Your Unconscious Mind
They are self help books, but at the same time they are each a set of short stories as well.
What each of those books has in common is lots of short, quick, 1 to 5 page long “visualizations” or “mini-stories” in which you the reader are the main character and you step through the physical realm into the spiritual realm, by visualizing yourself there. Sometimes you “walk” to the beach turn into a seal and swim under the ocean. Sometime you “become” a tree and dig your feet/roots deep into the earth while letting your hair/leaves blow with the wind, sometimes you sprout wings and fly over mountain tops with eagles.
I was fascinated by these 4 books and their use of taking super short mini fiction and turning it into a way to bring inner peace to your mind and soul. I loved reading these so much that I wanted to write my own book like them, and that’s how my NaNoPlot mentioned above came into esistance.
And so, my book, the one I’ll most likly write first, I ususally write several each NaNo, will most likely be this qusi-fiction/non-fiction metaphysical novel of guided imagry short story self help meditations. On the one hand it’s going to be a metaphysical self help book, but on the other hand it’s going to read like a “choose your own adventure” novel and than if you can find a third hand to stick out it will also be like a set of super short mini-short stories. So it’s sort of a take your pick as to which “genre” it falls under! LOL!
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