The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structures for Storytellers and ScreenwritersThe Writer's Journey is a guide to the patterns of mythology that lie nestled in all narrative writing. Based upon the work of Joseph Campbell, it offers the reader a set of useful myth-inspired storytelling paradigms and step-by-step guidelines to plot and character development. One of Hollywood's top studio heads made the rough draft of this book required reading for his executive staff. ""..the perfect manual for developing, pitching and writing stories with universal human themes that will forever captivate a global audience"". -- Jeff Arch, screenwriter Sleepless in Seattle |
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The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structures for Screenwriters and Storytellers Christopher Vogler No preview available - 1992 |
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Storytellers and Screenwriters Christopher Vogler No preview available - 1999 |
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Act Three Allies Approach archetype audience become begin Beverly Hills Cop Call to Adventure challenge character Chingachgook climax conflict Cora crisis Crossing Dances With Wolves danger Darth Vader Dorothy Dorothy's dreams Duncan Elixir emotional encounter enemy energy Ernest escape experience fairy fear feel film final flaws forces friends gifts give heart Herald Hero's Journey Home Tribe human idea Inmost Cave Joan Wilder Joseph Campbell killed look Luke Luke Skywalker Madeline magic Magua mask Mentor archetype metaphor movie myth mythology Nathaniel Ordinary World personality psychological quest QUESTIONING THE JOURNEY rebirth rescue Resurrection Return Reward Road Back Romancing the Stone sacrifice scene screenplay Seekers Seizing the Sword Shadow shamans Shapeshifter sometimes Special World stage Star Wars story storytelling Supreme Ordeal symbols Threshold Guardians Tin Woodman tragic hero treasure Trickster turn Uncas villain Wise Old Witch Wizard of Oz woman wounded writers