Posts made in September, 2016


  Near the middle of the story, the hero enters a central space in the Special World and confronts death or faces his or her greatest fear.  Out of the moment of death comes a new life.   

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  The hero takes possession of the treasure won by facing death.  There may be celebration, but there is also danger of losing the treasure again.  

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THE ROAD BACK.  About three-fourths of the way through the story, the hero is driven to complete the adventure, leaving the Special World to be sure the treasure is brought home.  Often a chase scene signals the urgency and danger of the mission.   Let’s make up something for this art work. Let’s say that this woman’s distant village has been stricken with a terrible disease. Our heroin has three children as as...

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