A Hero’s Journey – Part 2: Archetypes
July 21, 2009 by The Passionate Writer
Filed under Fiction Writing, Writing Tips, Writing Workshops
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 [...]
