In the last few posts I’ve discussed a story’s setting. Today I want to discuss a story’s setting and how it changes in the context of the h...

( FYI, this post is part of my How to Write a Genre Story series. By rights I should have titled it How to Write a Genre Story: Setting and ...

There are many stories that don't fit the hero’s journey. For example, the movies Psycho and The Princess Bride. And that's great! ...

My Dad was an amazing storyteller. Because of him, I’ve spent a lifetime thinking about stories, thinking about whether there’s something th...

What follows is based on Chuck Wendig's fabulous post ( adult language warning ): 25 Things You Should Know About Story Structure . ...

9. The Reward As I mentioned in Part 2 of Writing And The Monomyth , the basic structure of the monomyth is that of a quest. The hero...

I'm in the middle of writing a series on the monomyth so I couldn't resist sharing this inspirational series of blogs about the w...

Writing And The Monomyth Continued Yesterday I began writing about what Joseph Campbell called the monomyth (see Writing And The Monom...

Let's get back to talking about writing, the butt-in-chair stuff. The Monomyth Just as all philosophy is a footnote to Plato, a...