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The Heroine's Journey
Introducing the Heroine's Journey: The path of the Fairy-Tale Journeyer
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How to build a blog series with 11ty/Eleventy
Two ways to assemble a series in 11ty / Eleventy
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Slotting the Journeys into the Four Act Structure
A look at pacing the mythic and fairytale journeys
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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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Redemption and the Heroine's Journey: Asajj Ventress
How to write a convincing turn from the Dark Side
14 Series: The Heroine's Journey
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Case Study: Ekaterin Vorsoisson, Part 2
Concluding our look at Ekaterin's Fairy-Tale Journey.
13 Series: The Heroine's Journey
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Case Study: Ekaterin Vorsoisson
Three roads, one heroine: intertwining versions of the Fairy-Tale Journey.
12 Series: 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
11 Series: The Heroine's Journey
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The Ur-Text: The Descent of Inanna
The "Descent of Inanna" is the earliest model of the Heroine's Journey
7 Series: The Heroine's Journey
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The Classic Fairy-Tale Journey: Psyche's Descent
Exploring the beats of the Brothers' Grimm fairy-tale journey
6 Series: The Heroine's Journey
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Dreams & Stratagems: Penelope's Journey
Victoriously bringing secret dreams into reality
5 Series: 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
4 Series: The Heroine's Journey
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Facing Your Demons: Inanna's Descent
Inanna's ordeal is the most ancient archetype of the Heroine's Journey
3 Series: The Heroine's Journey
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Mythic or Fairy-Tale Journeys for Heroes and Heroines
Which journey is your character undertaking?
2 Series: The Heroine's Journey
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The Heroine's Journey
Introducing the Heroine's Journey: The path of the Fairy-Tale Journeyer
1 Series: The Heroine's Journey
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Heroes and Antiheroes
Defining what it means to be a hero or an antihero
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Storytelling lessons from "Lord of the Rings"
How to tell if a character is a true character, or a mere chesspiece
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Random storytelling lessons I learned from watching "Archer"
Storytelling do's and don'ts from "Archer"
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Random storytelling lessons I learned from watching "GoLion" (the original version of Voltron)
Storytelling do's and don'ts from Voltron
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Rogue simian: Friend or foe?
Reprint of a blog posting I wrote on a slow news day...
