188 Stage Hero's Journey - Monomyth - Foreshadows And Inner Caves

Before the actual Push out of the Ordinary World, a Foreshadow is not uncommon. In Bonnie and Clyde (1967).

188 Stage Hero's Journey - Monomyth - Movement Away From The Greater Antagonism

This is essentially a movement away from the Greater Antagonism - and manifests itself in a number of ways.

188 Stage Hero's Journey - Monomyth - Impossible Dilemma

Time Pressure becomes acute for some reason. In Goldfinger (1964), the nuke goes off in less that 3 minutes.

New Technical Writer - The Four Dimensions of Your User-Reader

To create an effective User Document, the writer must know who he-she is writing for. This article presents four dimensions (Skills, Attitude, Knowledge and Experience) for describing the User of your product (your Documentation Reader), and how to build a Persona that turns your generic User into an almost-real person. The article stresses the need to actually USE this information when structuring and writing your User Document.

Writers - Generate Peace and Creativity By Shutting Some Things Off!

Have you ever felt like a hamster running around and around in one of those little stationary wheels? Do you find yourself saturated with an endless list of things to do and wonder what you’ve accomplished all day? Do you find yourself sitting in front of your computer screen, uninspired, uncreative and unable to write a single sentence? Here are a few distracters that could be the big culprits!

188 Stage Hero's Journey - Monomyth - Usefulness Of The Loop

Often the loop is closed once the Hero has completed his (or her) Journey and returns to his or her Ordinary World. In the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Frodo et al return to the idyllic (and now safe) Shire. In The Great Escape (1963), Hilts and some of the other prisoners return to the camp.

188 Stage Hero's Journey Monomyth - Every Story Ends With Multiple Catharses

Many stories end with multiple catharses. Brokeback Mountain (2005) is no different.

Historical Fiction - The Way Forward - Unique And Effective Writing

For those of you who love to write historical fiction, this article may be useful for you to develop writing skills as well as to improve quality of your writing piece. As we all know among people who are historical fiction writers that writing kind of this work requires a lot of time and massive effort as well as creativity to combine the historical fact with the story to make the perfect casting as well as endearing and dislikeable characters.

Write Your Novel Step By Step (Part 12)

In writing my novel I learnt a lot of things the hard way so I just wanted to put this series out there for would be writers to help them on their path to writing their own book.

188+ stages of the Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - Romantic Challenge Polarization

Impressed but no more. At this stage, the Romantic Challenge is slightly less polarized from, but not committed to, the Hero. She is simply impressed that the Hero has chosen to embark on the Journey and the Transformation but he will not conquer her until he has progressed further. In The King of Comedy (1983), Rita is impressed that Pupkin has met Jerry.

188 Stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - Dharma and Destiny

It is worth making explicit that the Hero has a Dharma, that is, he (or she) has a destiny that he (or she) must follow.

188 Stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth): Magical Spells and Gifts

Magical Gift. This is often where a Magical Gift is used. In Star Wars (1977), Obi Wan uses his powers. In Jason and the Argonauts (1963), the Goddess uses one of her spells.

188 Stage Hero's Journey (Monomyth) - All Stories Are Quests And The Process Of All Quests Is-

All stories are Quests and the process of embarking upon and completing the Quest is the 188 stage Hero's Journey.

Write Your Novel Step By Step (Part 11)

In writing my novel, I learnt a lot of things the hard way so I just wanted to put this series out there for would be writers to help them on their path to writing their own book.

Writing - Open Source Software - 10 Great Free Tools of Communication

Are you sick and tired of paying hundreds of dollars for writing and design software that does not work? You may want to give the following open-source programs a try-