false 173302 1 At the beginning of <I>The Writer's Journey</I>, Christopher Vogler asserts that "all stories consist of a few common structural elements found universally in myths, fairy tales, dreams, and movies." Some may be hard-pressed to accept this idea (and will wonder how storytellers from Homer to Shakespeare to Robert Altman might respond to the proposition). Others may imagine that since Vogler uses movies like the <I>Star Wars</I> trilogy and <I>The Lion King</I> to defend his mythological philosophy, he is, unwittingly, listing the reasons why Hollywood films of the last 20 years have been so unimaginative. But there's no doubt that Vogler's notion, based on psychological writings by Carl Jung and the mythmaking philosophy of Joseph Campbell, has been profoundly influential. Many screenwriters have used Vogler's volume to understand why certain scenarios sell, and to discover a blueprint for creating mythic stories of their own.<p> Now in its second edition, <I>The Writer's Journey</I> sets forth archetypes common in what Vogler calls "the hero's journey," the mythic structure that he claims all stories follow. In the book's first section, he lists the different kinds of typological characters who appear in stories. In the second, he discusses the stages of the journey through which the hero generally passes. The final, supplementary portion of the book explains in detail how films like <I>Titanic</I> and <I>The Full Monty</I> follow the patterns he has outlined. <I>--Raphael Shargel</I> 167385 25 10 1998 The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers total:165|5:64|4:67|3:23|2:8|1:3| 165 676 293 34 5 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 11:46:10 -0700 2009 Sun May 10 12:30:38 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Apr 17 10:18:06 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 17 10:33:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 06:13:16 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 06:16:46 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Aug 14 16:02:20 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 16:16:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:16:50 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 13:18:27 -0800 2008
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The examples he gives for each part of the journey are excellent.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 16:00:22 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 16:03:08 -0700 2009 4 4 0 false false Mon Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Tue Dec 01 06:57:14 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 01 06:58:36 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Mar 11 16:12:32 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 16:12:53 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 11 22:18:33 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 22:19:19 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jul 05 21:05:53 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 21:07:03 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 23:07:28 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 18 23:09:17 -0700 2007
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I'm pretty sure I finished it, but it's been so long ago and it took me so long to finish it that I can't really be su...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Wed Feb 27 11:19:48 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 11:22:37 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=173302