Because everyone loves a good story
Stage Three: Refusal of the Call to Adventure
If a hero refuses a Call to Adventure in a story and somebody is there to hear it, is he still a hero? Find the answer to this and other pressing questions in my newest post, “Stage Three: The Refusal of the Call to Adventure.”
Stage Two: The Call to Adventure
What do Star Wars, The Hobbit, Joseph Campbell, and this article have in common? Click here to find out in “Stage Two: The Call to Adventure.”
Stage One: The Ordinary World
Luke Skywalker does farm chores for his Uncle Owen on Tatooine. The Pevensie children begin their Narnian adventure in the quiet old house of Professor Kirke. Harry Potter starts out in a cookie cutter house on Privet Drive.
That is to say, every adventure begins in an Ordinary World.
What is The Writer’s Journey?
I really want this to be an interactive series, so each post will end with a question. Today’s question is: “Think of one story (book, movie, show, myth, whatever) that you’ve really enjoyed. What is it, and what do you like about it?
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