Archetypal Character Arcs
In Fiction and In Real Life
Hello beloved reader,
I want to let you in on one of my most significant challenges: I’m terribly impatient. Which doesn’t bode well for the practice of writing, but there it is. Or maybe that’s why I’m drawn to the practice of writing — because writing a book does take time and perhaps patience is something my soul knows I need to practice.
In any case, I don’t know if it’s my impatience that wants to share this with you now, or if it may simply be that a light needs to shine on this information right now, at this point in our planet’s history. So, following is some of what I have been researching.
You may well be aware of how our culture is steeped in Joseph Campbell’s story structure of The Hero’s Journey. It’s the blood and bones of classics like Star Wars (which came out in 1977) — George Lucas was reportedly good friends with Campbell. But when Campbell was a Profe…