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Writing and Speaking
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Hero's Journey: Character and Climax
The apotheosis is where the character climaxes. The precursor to that is the atonement with the father, where the hero confronts that which prevents his illumination.
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Or is It Just Me?
The rantings of a middle aged man. I want to see if there is anybody else out there who has the same mixed up thoughts as me. Is it an English thing, or do we all think alike, regardless of geaographics.
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Hero's Journey and Screenwriting: Heroine's Journey Explained
It is a mistake to believe that the Heroine’s Journey is separate and distinct from the Hero’s Journey. The Journey is about transition (The Road of Trials), illumination (Apotheosis), movement from one conscious state to another, overcoming challenge etc – these are not gender (or culturally) specific.
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Publish or Perish: It's Not Only for Academia, Part 2
The journey of being a writer is truly the biggest payoff ot all. In the second and final segment of the series we explore different aspects of the writer's journey, it's challenges and its rewards and look into the passions that drive us to write.
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Hero's Journey - The Hero, Heroine and The Challenges
The Hero’s Journey is THE template upon which most successful stories and screenplays are built upon. There are at least 188 stages to this journey. This article simply analyses the hero archetype. As a sample, let’s use the Academy Award Winner Best Film 2004 – Million Dollar Baby.
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Easy Screenwriting, Hero's Journey, Screenwriter
Just build a story around the Hero’s Journey. It is as simple and as difficult as that. If JK Rowling can do it, so can you. Yes, the Harry Potter series stories all mirror the same template, as does The Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption and a thousand other stories and films.
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Who Is Your Inner Critic?
Why does your Inner Critic make is so hard for you to write, even though you really want to write. This article helps you identify and come to terms with your Inner Critic...
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The Difference Between Critiquing and Criticism
Creativity is as fragile as a budding flower; good critiquing helps it blossom whereas negative criticism nips it in the bud. This article explores how to differentiate and what to do to protect your creativity from destructive criticism from without and within.
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