The Heroic Journey, Part 19: The Point of No Return
Just before the Midpoint, it appears the Hero’s going to pull it off, achieve the goal. But at the midpoint of the novel, and the midpoint of Act II, something happens that results in an apparently devastating reversal of the Hero’s fortune.
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The Heroic Journey, Part 18: Plot Stage Three
Stage two of plotting for the Heroic Journey: Making Progresss
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The Heroic Journey 12: What Shrek Can Teach Us About Story Telling
Sometimes — often, in fact — in a Heroic Journey, the Hero wants something he’s too frightened to go after…
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Sunday Comics: Calvin and Hobbes on Writing a Short Story
It’s Sunday, and time for our Sunday comics — all with a writing and/or grammar theme of course.
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