Hey — my kids went back to school today! I feel…sane. Which means the fog has cleared and I’m left wondering, where are we in the Heroes Journey! I went through all the past blog posts since January and recategorized them according to subject…so, for example, if you’re looking for information on creating heroes — yes! you just click “archives” and find the “heroes” category! or, writing tension — again, click on “archives” and you’ll find….TENSION! Hope that helps. But, let’s press on! Over the past eight months, we’ve covered: Act 1: Departure: The protagonist is separated from the known Hero’s Home World Call to Adventure (inciting incident) Weighing the Options (Refusing the Call) Starting the Journey (Crossing the Threshold) Act 2: Initiation: The protagonist is tested, and grows […]
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Refusing the Call!
I know I didn’t blog yesterday. It wasn’t because I didn’t WANT to, or didn’t THINK about it. In fact, the reason sorta…tiptoed up to me, and grabbed me and pulled me in before I realized what was happening… Sort of like an…INCITING INCIDENT! I was just standing there in the parking lot, watching my son ride his bike, and my girlfriend said, “Hey, I’m going to tap class, wanna join me?” Yes, I said TAP class. Like Ginger Rogers and the clippity clop shoes. And, just like that, something grabbed me. I thought…cool! Fun! (forgetting completely that I have the knees of a 97 year old, thanks to years of aggressive skiing!) So, I went. Tapped my little heart out. Today I’m sitting on the sofa, icing my knees, […]
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Happy Monday! This week we’re going to do something a little different at MBT – Rach and I are both going to run away from home this week (in fact – we’re going to run away together, with three other authors to a booksigning in hardy, AK. If you want to stop by, you can find the deets at http://www.wordsafterwords.com/) ANYWAY, we thought we’d take this blip in time to catch us all up to where we are in our Year with a Hero! We’ve spent the last couple months learning: Premise Elements of a heart-stopping hero Elements of a strong heroine The Greatest Devices (Greatest Dream, Greatest Fear) to construct the black moment and the Happily Ever After Storyworld And…Inciting Incident So, here’s where I let you in on […]
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