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 This Blog Even About?
If you’ve been keeping up with my blog since its auspicious inception about a week ago, you have probably been wondering what in the world this blog is even about.
What Does Your Brain Look Like?
Gears and ivy. That’s what my brain looks like. If you could peek into my head (which I strongly advise against), I think you’d see cogs and gears—antique and tarnished but still madly churning—with tendrils of ivy growing on, around, and within the machine….
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