Hi gang, Craig with you today. This is post number six in the character archetypes series. In the Hero’s Journey, there are some common characters that are likely to show up in all stories. This doesn’t mean each archetype shows up in every story, and aside from the hero, the rest are kind of optional. … Continue reading Character Archetypes: The Shapeshifter
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Character Archetypes: The Trickster
Hi gang, Craig with you today. This is post number five in the character archetypes series. In the Hero’s Journey, there are some common characters that are likely to show up in all stories. This doesn’t mean each archetype shows up in every story, and aside from the hero, the rest are kind of optional. … Continue reading Character Archetypes: The Trickster
Character Archetypes: The Hero
Hi Gang, Craig here today. Put on your tinfoil hats, because I’m about to create a wormhole in the writing world. Once Upon a time, I wrote a series about The Hero's Journey, also known as the Writing Monomyth. It was fun, I got some good comments, then I came up with various expansion packs … Continue reading Character Archetypes: The Hero
Expansion Pack: Character Archetypes + a trick
Hi gang. Craig here with you again. Last year sometime, I wrote a series here about The Hero’s Journey. This is a link to PART ONE. Then I went on to write several Expansion Packs. Those are easy enough to find by using the search function at the very bottom of our page. I’m not … Continue reading Expansion Pack: Character Archetypes + a trick
That Hero’s Journey Monomyth Thingie: Part Three
Hi gang. Craig here with you once again with more about story structure. I’m taking on the biggest form of story structure out there, but there are others. If you missed any of the earlier posts, don’t despair. They live forever on the Internet. Part One Part Two Time to get jiggy with it. We’re … Continue reading That Hero’s Journey Monomyth Thingie: Part Three