Session Notes

Agenda

Reminders

• Essense + Ornaments
• Convert insight to subtle realizations during revision
• Get your thoughts on the page first, then worry about how you will present them to your reader.
• Stephen King: Use the least amount of details to convey the most amount of meaning.

Notes

Latest Scene

• Running from the crows, chasing him through the forest
• He comes across a door in the middle of the forest and falls
• In desperation, he opens the door and wakes up in a dark room
• Opens a dialogue with Era
• The wisdom of the breath helps him navigate the void
• A conscious breath induces a flashback to the lotus pond, giving context to his home
• He’s since returned to that pond, and it’s dead
• There used to be bright colors, wonderful smells
• After the “trip,” Era says, “You’re always one breath away from your mother.”

Narative Elements

• Change POVs with a purpose (e..g, from Lupo’s to Rolex’s)

Reverse Outline

• Therapy session with flashback about the lady ladybug
• Call to adventure (”I can’t learn from books”)
• Rolex visits the depressed Lupo in his rock-abode, and Lupo disappears
• Rolex finds Lupo’s journals, referencing the stork
• Lupo is running from the black stork, hurrying with a storm on the way
• Finds the door, opens it to escape (from desperation)
• Meets Era and learns about the breath
• Wakes up from the darkness, finds himself back at home and hears the familiar drip
• Note from Rolex
• Lupo questions his own reality
• Flashback to times with Rolex
• Walks with Era, learns that the voice is always there (not just a cloud)

Reflection

Next Steps

• Lean into how you’re currently feeling
• Write about Lupo avoiding himself and forgetting. He needs to remember.
• It’s easy to live on the surface of life and be disconnected from the inner world.
• Describe the day to day of Lupo’s life to illustrate the drudgery of disconnection
• Refusal of the call (#3)
• Preparing to cross the threshold from the ordinary world to the special world