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Larry Bone's avatar

He could turn up as the protagonist in a novel with a wild origin story to go with stumbling into a huge encounter involving a challenge he'd thought he would meet much less survive. Every writer has an original imaginationscape from which their stories emerge. But you already have a lot of stories and possibilities that keep showing up so us readers will stay tuned.

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Isha Jain's avatar

I didn't know about this imaginationscape thing. Thanks for telling me about this. I will look into it. And, I do like the idea of characters emerging as protagonists in longer work, gives me space as a writer to explore other people and plots too.

Yes, my motive is to publish stories that stay with the readers long after they are done reading it.

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Larry Bone's avatar

I was just thinking that the wealth of detail that one probably has in their lifetime imagination is probably huge and unlimited. So it could always be there accessible and could be thought of as the imaginationscape. It's really really big. And the only reason it ever became small except for writer's block although that might just be taking a break, is because someone somewhere criticised some part of it that made one doubt whether it was ever really there. Writers with huge imaginationscapes are Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Rabindranath Tragore and Ghalib on the poets side. And we have ours too. And it is there ever so long as you know it's there and never let anyone con you into worrying about whether it might not really be there. Even if you are not religious God or Uper is always really generous. Your imaginationscape is always available to you even if not exactly precisely when you most want it to be. And whenever you find clarity and focus, that's your imaginationscape working for you. At least that's how I think of it.

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Isha Jain's avatar

Thanks for explaining it in such detail. I appreciate it.

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Larry Bone's avatar

Agree. And when they succeed, you almost feel as happy as they do. And you remember them whenever it is rough.

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Isha Jain's avatar

Definitely. I had already written Palavan. But he kept screaming at me to visit him again and get deeper into his narrative.

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Larry Bone's avatar

Liked this story. Always like stories where the protagonist is made fun of but goes his or her own way, stubborn, resourceful and resilient. Wonderful life teacher stories.

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Isha Jain's avatar

Happy to hear that, Lary! I know, right!? I like stubborn characters too. They always make for good fun.

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