Reblog of this piece.
How am I 52 years old and this is the first day I found out about The Heroine’s Journey? How?
Excuse me whilst I disappear down a wormhole. I’m off to finish reading The Writer’s Journey by Vogler and then The Heroine’s Journey by Murdock. Here’s Murdock’s webpage and explanation of her theory.
I can feel many jigsaw pieces slotting neatly into place.
Any other stuff I should be reading in this vein? Murdock was 1990 so there must have been some more theory since then? You gotta hope.
Campbell’s Hero’s Journey Joseph Campbell’s monomyth, the Hero’s Journey, is outlined in his 1949 book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces. Drawn from his studies of comparative mythology and Jungian psychology, the Hero’s Journey has become a foundation myth of modern culture. The hero, generally young and vigorous, sets off into the unknown to battle […]
The Via Feminina: Revisioning the Heroine’s Journey by Mary Sharratt —
Just waving 
Have you read The Heroines Journey by Gail Carriger? Very different from Murdock it is more about how to use a Heroines journey within writing. I found it really liberating as I struggle with the idea that the heroes journey is the only way to tell a story.
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No I haven’t, thank you, I will have a look
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I just had a quick peek and have purchased it! What a great title. I found the Murdock one heavy going once I started it, so have high hopes for Carriger. Thanks again!
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The Murdock is more the psychology/ personal development while the carriger is about writing stories that use the alternative heroines journey, it also brilliantly explains the hero’s journey and its limitations. I knew i didn’t like the hero’s journey and Carriger helped me see why
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Carriger’s sounds spot on for my purposes. That’s the afternoon sorted then! Until the trip to the vet with the dog, at least.
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