Turning Readers Into Writers

015 - Story Structure Part 2: The Hero's Journey


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What's this episode about?

Think of the Hero's Journey as a big circle that leads your hero from their comfortable and happy home, out and over the threshold of the known world and reluctantly into adventure.

They circumnavigate many trials and tribulations until they return to the top of the circle and their comfortable home. Only they have returned a new and stronger version of themselves.

Follow each of Joseph Campbell's 12 steps with the help of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Links mentioned in the episode:
Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey
The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien



Associated Blog Article:

  • https://emmadhesi.com/theherosjourney
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Turning Readers Into WritersBy Emma Dhesi