When and why should writers kill off a main or significant supporting character? As you develop stories, you always need to be looking for opportunities to shake things up, inject…
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Why does your hero need to Return to their Ordinary World? This is the final installment of our 12-part series of blog posts on a celebrated archetypal story concept. We…
What does The Resurrection do for your story? This celebrated archetypal story concept is explored here, according to Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey and Christopher Vogler’s interpreted twelve stages of that…
What does The Road Back do for your story? We dive into this archetypal story concept, according to Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey and Christopher Vogler’s interpreted twelve stages of that…
What does The Reward do for your story? We dive in to this archetypal story concept according to Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey and Christopher Vogler’s interpreted twelve stages of…
What does The Ordeal do for your story, according to Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey and Christopher Vogler’s interpreted twelve stages of that journey within his book, The Writer’s Journey:…
What does the Approach the Inmost Cave stage do for your story, according to Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey and Christopher Vogler’s interpreted twelve stages of that journey within his…
What do Tests, Allies, and Enemies do for your story? Read on to learn what celebrated writers have shared – particularly Joseph Campbell’s The Hero’s Journey and Christopher Vogler’s interpreted…
One of the most common screenwriting questions screenwriters ask is, “Should you reference a specific song in your screenplay?” It’s tempting. You’re the screenwriter and creator of this world. The…
What are the best writing workouts that help build your creative instincts and better your writing? Writing is like your body, comprised of multiple muscles that take on different loads…
