| Jamie Cecile Smith

Category: narrative structures

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narrative structures

The Heroine’s Journey
Introducing the Heroine’s Journey&colon; The path of the Fairy-Tale Journeyer
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Mythic or Fairy-Tale Journeys for Heroes and Heroines
Which journey is your character undertaking?
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Facing Your Demons: Inanna’s Descent
Inanna’s ordeal is the most ancient archetype of the Heroine’s Journey
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The Re-Unification Journey of Isis & Demeter
Forging new bonds is the success state of this journey
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Dreams & Stratagems: Penelope’s Journey
Victoriously bringing secret dreams into reality
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The Classic Fairy-Tale Journey: Psyche’s Descent
Exploring the beats of the Brothers’ Grimm fairy-tale journey
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The Ur-Text: The Descent of Inanna
This Sumerian tale is the earliest model of the Heroine’s Journey
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Case Study: Dragon Age 2
A case study of how Dragon Age II used the Heroine’s Journey
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Case Study: Ekaterin Vorsoisson
Three roads, one heroine&colon; intertwining versions of the Fairy-Tale Journey.
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Case Study: Ekaterin Vorsoisson, Part 2
Concluding our look at Ekaterin’s Fairy-Tale Journey.
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Writing slice-of-life and horror via the kishōtenketsu structure
Story driven by causality, not conflict, via the structure of Japanese folktales
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Slotting the Journeys into the Four Act Structure
A look at pacing the mythic and fairytale journeys