A Hero’s Journey – Part 2: Archetypes
July 21, 2009 by The Passionate Writer
Filed under Fiction Writing, Writing Tips
The world of fairy tales and myth is peopled with recurring character types and relationships. Heroes on a quest, heralds and wise old men or women who provide them with “gifts”, shady fellow-travelers—threshold guardians—who may “block” the path, tricksters who confuse and complicate things and evil villains who simply want to destroy our hero. Joseph [...]
A Hero’s Journey – Part 1: The Journey
July 19, 2009 by The Passionate Writer
Filed under Fiction Writing, Writing Tips
“Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.” — Dante Alighieri (Divine Comedy)
“Summoned or not, the god will come.” — Motto over the door of Carl Jung’s house
According to Christopher Vogler (author of The Writer’s Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers) “all stories [...]
