Posted on April 13, 2018 by Emily Zaiser Wade
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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.”
Category: Q & A, The Writer's Journey, Uncategorized Tags: Bilbo, Christopher Vogler, Dwarves, Gandalf, J.R.R. Tolkien, Refusal of the Call, Stage Three, Star Wars, the hero's journey, The Hobbit
Posted on March 27, 2018 by Emily Zaiser Wade
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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.
Category: Q & A, The Writer's Journey, Uncategorized Tags: Christopher Vogler, Harry Potter, hero, J.R.R. Tolkien, Luke Skywalker, Ordinary World, Stage One, Star Wars, the hero's journey, The Hobbit, The Writer's Journey
Posted on March 12, 2018 by Emily Zaiser Wade
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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.
Category: FYI, Uncategorized Tags: Blog, C.S. Lewis, Christopher Vogler, goal, intention, J.R.R. Tolkien, reading, Story, the hero's journey, The Hobbit, The Writer's Journey, writing
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