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Father Enoch<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DoctorWho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorWho</span></a> question here: </p><p>If the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/protagonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protagonist</span></a> is simply called <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TheDoctor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheDoctor</span></a>, why hasn't he ever had a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/enemy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enemy</span></a> (or <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/rogue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rogue</span></a>) called just "The Patient?" </p><p>Seems like a missed opportunity here.</p>
RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@adaddinsane" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>adaddinsane</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://romancelandia.club/@JoanGrey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JoanGrey</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://zirk.us/@allisonwyss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>allisonwyss</span></a></span> So I can join the club! Yay!</p><p>As for the novel rewrites, I'm doing one in a microcosm. I found a compelling novelette I wrote in another medium and have started adapting it to the <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/sff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sff</span></a> universe I <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a> for commercial release. If you've being following my responses to writing wonders, this one will star my <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/antagonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antagonist</span></a> Rainy Days as the <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/protagonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protagonist</span></a> in 1st person. So far it's a lot of transcription and translation, but some parts simply won't work and will have to be reimagined. Not sure if that's <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writeOnce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writeOnce</span></a> or not. 😇​</p>
Of Bookish Things<p>The Outsider by Albert Camus 1942 (Translation by <a href="https://c.im/tags/StuartGilbert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StuartGilbert</span></a> 1946) Penguin Books 1976 edition.</p><p>The Stranger (French: L'Étranger ), also published in English as The Outsider, is a #1942 <a href="https://c.im/tags/novella" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novella</span></a> written by <a href="https://c.im/tags/FrenchAuthor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchAuthor</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AlbertCamus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlbertCamus</span></a>. The first of Camus' <a href="https://c.im/tags/novels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novels</span></a> published in his lifetime, the story follows Meursault, an *Indifferent* settler in <a href="https://c.im/tags/FrenchAlgeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FrenchAlgeria</span></a>. It is a <a href="https://c.im/tags/FirstPerson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPerson</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Narrative</span></a>.</p><p>Once again, it took me awhile to complete this book: my executive function was fritzed. 😂 One of the reasons I decided to try the <a href="https://c.im/tags/PicturePromptBingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PicturePromptBingo</span></a> card, was because it was a prompt not a challenge, and it was very open to interpretation of choices.</p><p>This "well known" <a href="https://c.im/tags/20thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>20thCentury</span></a> classic is problematic. It is a translation, and there is an element of interpretation of word choice. There are critical differences in translation of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a>'s opening sentence, and in a number of sentences in the final section of the narrative, This includes the final lines of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a>.</p><p>The treatment and the <a href="https://c.im/tags/DepictionOfWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepictionOfWomen</span></a>, together with that of the native Arabic population, reflects the cultural attitudes of the setting. What must be kept in mind is that this is presented through the lens of the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Protagonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protagonist</span></a>'s First Person Narration. Everything hinges on how the reader views and relates to Meursault.</p><p>In this particular case, the reader is a 69-year-old man, with a background in <a href="https://c.im/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/EnglishLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishLiterature</span></a>, whose career was that of a <a href="https://c.im/tags/SecondarySchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecondarySchool</span></a> Teacher ( <a href="https://c.im/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/MediaLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaLiteracy</span></a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/DevelopmentalLiteracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopmentalLiteracy</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://c.im/tags/SpecialEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialEducation</span></a>). While my background in philosophy and literature has some does shape my view, more important is my years as a Special Education teacher. First let's consider <br>Meursault, the <a href="https://c.im/tags/narrator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>narrator</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Protagonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Protagonist</span></a></p><p>Meursault is seen as *indifferent*. He tends to speak bluntly, in a matter-of-fact manner. Others see his behaviour and manner of speech as offensive/insensitive. His intelligence combined with his speech &amp; behaviour appears to others as smug uncaring attitude. He observes himself in a detached way, analyzing/interpreting his own actions/motivation, the same way he does of others. Even his romantic-physical relationships play-out in a methodical step-by-step sequence. Meursault has no regrets, as he evaluates his actions in terms of the present moment.</p><p>Various interpretations have looked at Meursault &amp; his story as <a href="https://c.im/tags/Absurdist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Absurdist</span></a>, and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Existentialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Existentialist</span></a>. Themes of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Alienation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alienation</span></a> from self and society have been brought up in critical reviews. Other's looked at the mother-son relationship, while still others considered critiques of law, morality, and colonialism. In my view, Meursault shows some signs of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Autism</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Neurodivergent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Neurodivergent</span></a> characteristics. Does this make this a novel about Autism and <a href="https://c.im/tags/AspergersSymdrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AspergersSymdrome</span></a>? No.</p><p>Camus was unaware of Autism as a condition, but he had a friend, <a href="https://c.im/tags/PierreGalindo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PierreGalindo</span></a>, on whom, in part, he based Meursault. Camus, however, did not see the characteristics in terms of communication processing, but rather as a template for his own philosophy &amp; views. This why there is an inconsistency in the protagonist's thoughts and actions. Meursault seems off to both the reader and the other characters. Camus used his friend as a template, but Meursault is a figure through which the writer can express his views. <br>This is why the final segment of the story, where Meursault confronts the priest, seems such an explosive change in character. At this point Camus is fighting with the orthodoxy of belief, with which he is vehemently opposed.</p><p>This work is flawed &amp; problematic, in part, because Camus has built a protagonist based on neurodivergent characteristics that he did not fully understand. If the reader can appreciate this background, the weaknesses in the work are less disconcerting. <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Book</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookCover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookCover</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/BookArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/CoverArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoverArt</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portrait</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/RDuchamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RDuchamp</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/JacquesVillon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JacquesVillon</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a></p>
Angela Miller<p>I've done a fair amount of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> today. Finished a short story, got a bit more back in to the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WIP</span></a> .<br>Since my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> doesn't have much of my newer writing on it, I've just posted a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/shortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shortStory</span></a> I wrote at the height of the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/pandemic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pandemic</span></a> .<br>It's a <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/darkfantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>darkfantasy</span></a> story where the main <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/protagonist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protagonist</span></a> has fallen foul of the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/gods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gods</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://crowkitchentales.wordpress.com/2022/12/13/tainted-vessel/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crowkitchentales.wordpress.com</span><span class="invisible">/2022/12/13/tainted-vessel/</span></a></p>