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Comment on Theft, a time-honored tradition by alice

alice — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:56:52 +0000

Ed, I did look at his work, if briefly. (I must apologize here: the link you provided keeps on triggering this site’s spam filter and so had to be stripped. However searching for his name will bring up his site immediately.)

My problem is that if you define every single story as a hero’s journey, or every story where transformation occurs as a hero’s journey, the category becomes so broad as to be useless. It’s almost as though “hero’s journey” becomes synonymous with “story arc,” as opposed to a subset of story arcs. The category loses its purpose (originally as a way of analyzing how many myths were structured; frequently now, a way to structure stories to make them epics).

Comment on Theft, a time-honored tradition by Ed

Ed — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:18:17 +0000

Alice,
I used to think that way. But as I said, then I came across Kal Bashir’s work. You need to understand his version of it, which digs into transformation and then you see it (all stories involve transformation). Seriously, take a look at it.

Comment on Theft, a time-honored tradition by alice

alice — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:43:54 +0000

That’s an interesting comment, Ed. But I disagree that all stories are versions of the hero’s journey–although Harry Potter is.

Comment on Theft, a time-honored tradition by Ed

Ed — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:39:30 +0000

All stories are hero’s journey, not just Harry Potter and it isn’t “crossed.” You really need to see Kal Bashir’s version to understand it.

Comment on Theft, a time-honored tradition by debbie

debbie — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:35:30 +0000

Of course, Alice, we only steal from the best!

Comment on An Emergency Chicken by alice

alice — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:40:52 +0000

Yay for writing friends–especially ones with access to emergency chickens!

Comment on New Beginnings by Leigh Ann

Leigh Ann — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:21:18 +0000

Kay, you always say the most wonderful things! Thank you.

Comment on New Beginnings by kay

kay — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:29:12 +0000

Hi Leigh Anne -
Oh, ouch, Leigh Anne! Your dear treasured flowering plants!
Moving is SO hard. I moved 12 times before the age of 35. After a while I carried a plaque from state to state that reminded me to “Bloom Where You are Planted.”
Having writer-buddies must make PA feel like a more supportive, creative spot where your writer-self can flower and grow!

Comment on Talkin’ Shop: The Blog Tour by Eddy Glasford

Eddy Glasford — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 11:45:53 +0000

This is one of the best weblogs i have ever seen and read. Thanks for sharing this usefull information. I will come back in a few days to see you have post some new articles.

Comment on Talkin’ Shop: The Blog Tour by kay

kay — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:19:16 +0000

Glad you stopped by, Greg! The information you shared on Blog touring is great – but a quick follow up on your Galaxy Games web site shows you’ve put an astronomical amount of very clever net-savvy work on the launch of this series. My hat is off to you!