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Well, maybe not a theater. How about a web page. How about your email Inbox.
The Outline
• a (fairly) complete outline of Life: A Field Manual as an Academy Course Guide for the Appendix
a nonfiction book project in the works for years, if not the better part of a lifetime
The Profession of each Character
• a transport and transportation professional (Carlos?)
• an expert in sustainable, green housing (who is this? Nehanda?)
• an expert in green products and healthy living (might be the same person)
• a social and political systems engineer
• a professional who works in an office, perhaps a Call Center (Saditha in India)
Subjects Going Into The Story
• What is a Pirate (renegade, maverick, nonconformist, free thinker, one who strives for the best of the best, a person committed to excellence and to the highest self-advancement)
• The Age of Taurus and the Age of Aquarius: solar ages, the Sphinx, Joshua of Nazareth at the beginning of the Age of Taurus
• Staying Centered and Balanced in Crazy Times (aka Maintaining Inner Peace during Chaos & Uncertainty, aka Taking Excellent Care of Yourself: Coping with and Managing Uncertainty)
• Balance. The Middle Way, The Middle Path. Being in the Center. The Golden Mean. Mark’s 8/23 email “segmented worm”
• Wildfire Planning and Emergency Preparedness (Carlos probably, maybe Sheryl)
• Fundamentals of Safe Driving an introductory article which features a core element of the book The Love of Driving (which character is the transport professional? )
• Safe Road Travel in the Time of the Pandemic
• Addiction: The Agony and the Ecstasy (now being written for a new first-person character)
• Why use Profanity? Come On. (Sheryl)
• What is True Gold (ore, oro, aurum) a study of honor, candor, valor, luxor, succor, anchor, et al
[ for RJ: see email “our Publishing House” ]
[ also: “The Basics: small guidebook series” ]
The Objective:
Requirements for the book and for articles here in this forum:
• must be loving and feel good, must be joyous
• must be simple and easy, clear and effective
• must be entertaining and fun (humor, silliness, cleverness, enchantment, inspiration)
• must contain all the essentials (accurate, reliable, durable, timeless)
Working on my writing style. Have books on writing by Sol Stein and others. Aiming for clear and simple. Direct. This particular paragraph mimics Talking Heads music: concentrated staccato bursts.
Trivia: did you know they got together at Brown and RISD? Who else do I know who went there? My favorite niece and my favorite band, same 2 alma maters.
Employ Chicago Book of Style? Perhaps. For now:
a proper name that identifies People: Talking Heads
a proper name that identifies Things: Back to the Future
a World, a Universe, a mythology: Star Wars OR the Star Wars Universe
Perhaps at times we fail to excel, but if you shoot for the stars, you may fall short and still hit the moon.