Workshop: Plotting a Murder with Colette Clark

August 29, 2024
Season 3
Episode 13
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Does the mystery genre follow the Hero’s Journey? According to historical mystery writer Colette Clark. Not so much. 

Join us for our discussion about how Colette structures her novels and figures out who the murder is (sometime just before she finishes her first draft). 

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Colette Clark is the author of fourteen historical mystery novels set in the 1920s and 1930s which follow the adventures of her amateur sleuths, Penelope Banks and Lisette Darling. You can find out more on her website.

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Tests, Allies, and Enemies, Oh My!

November 20, 2024
Season 3
Episode 17
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What really happens between “accepting the call” and facing the big bad? Christopher Vogler's The Writer's Journey skims through this crucial story phase with vague talk of Tests, Allies,...

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Crossing the Threshold

November 13, 2024
Season 3
Episode 16
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Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s JourneyStage Four: Meeting with the Mentor&Stage Five: Crossing the Threshold Subscribe to our Newsletter So much has happened you haven’t even made it to the...

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Writing Your College Application Essay

September 19, 2024
Season 3
Episode 15
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In today's episode we take a break from discussing and analyzing creative fiction to examining possibly one of the most important, and certainly most stressful, nonfiction projects in a...

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Answering the Call to Adventure

September 4, 2024
Season 3
Episode 14
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How do you shift your book’s hero from their nice, cozy ordinary world into the adventure? According to Christopher Vogler’s, The Writer’s Journey, you have them answer the call....

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Workshop: Plotting a Murder with Colette Clark

August 29, 2024
Season 3
Episode 13
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Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey The Hero’s Journey Study Guide Subscribe to our Newsletter Does the mystery genre follow the Hero’s Journey? According to historical mystery writer Colette Clark....

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You are Now Leaving the Ordinary World

August 21, 2024
Season 3
Episode 12
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If you have read even just the first part of a blog post on the Hero’s Journey, you know the hero starts off in the Ordinary World before embarking...

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Boy Bands & Archetypes

August 14, 2024
Season 3
Episode 11
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In our regular podcast, we’ve successfully made it through all of Vogler’s archetypes (from his book, The Writer’s Journey). Armed with this knowledge we decided to see if we...

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The Role of the Trickster and Other Archetypes

August 8, 2024
Season 3
Episode 10
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Are we done with archetypes now? Almost! There are just three more archetype chapters in Christopher Vogler’s book, The Writer’s Journey, and we have issues with two of them. The...

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Tests, Allies, and Enemies, Oh My!

November 20, 2024
Season 3
Episode 17
 admin Words to Write by Podcast 00:48:16 Comments Off on Tests, Allies, and Enemies, Oh My!

What really happens between “accepting the call” and facing the big bad? Christopher Vogler's The Writer's Journey skims through...

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Crossing the Threshold

November 13, 2024
Season 3
Episode 16
 admin The Writer's Journey, Words to Write by Podcast 00:59:33 Comments Off on Crossing the Threshold

Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s JourneyStage Four: Meeting with the Mentor&Stage Five: Crossing the Threshold Subscribe to our Newsletter So...

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Writing Your College Application Essay

September 19, 2024
Season 3
Episode 15
 admin The Writer's Journey, Words to Write by Podcast 00:23:15 Comments Off on Writing Your College Application Essay

In today's episode we take a break from discussing and analyzing creative fiction to examining possibly one of the...

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Answering the Call to Adventure

September 4, 2024
Season 3
Episode 14
 admin The Writer's Journey, Words to Write by Podcast 00:55:45 Comments Off on Answering the Call to Adventure

How do you shift your book’s hero from their nice, cozy ordinary world into the adventure? According to Christopher...

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Workshop: Plotting a Murder with Colette Clark

August 29, 2024
Season 3
Episode 13
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Christopher Vogler’s The Writer’s Journey The Hero’s Journey Study Guide Subscribe to our Newsletter Does the mystery genre follow...

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You are Now Leaving the Ordinary World

August 21, 2024
Season 3
Episode 12
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If you have read even just the first part of a blog post on the Hero’s Journey, you know...

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Boy Bands & Archetypes

August 14, 2024
Season 3
Episode 11
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In our regular podcast, we’ve successfully made it through all of Vogler’s archetypes (from his book, The Writer’s Journey)....

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The Role of the Trickster and Other Archetypes

August 8, 2024
Season 3
Episode 10
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Are we done with archetypes now? Almost! There are just three more archetype chapters in Christopher Vogler’s book, The Writer’s...

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Workshop with Madix: Writing and Revising LitRPG

July 31, 2024
Season 3
Episode 9
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What if writing the first draft was the easy part? Every week on serial writing websites like Royal Road, hundreds...

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Female Shapeshifters and Other Questionable Archetypes

July 24, 2024
Season 3
Episode 8
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Everyone who’s read a blog post on the Hero’s Journey can spot the Hero and Mentor archetypes, but what...

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Workshop with Elana Gomel: What to do if your Hero is a Girl?

July 17, 2024
Season 3
Episode 7
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In response to Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousands Faces, aka The Hero's Journey, folklorists and academics (many of...

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The Mentor Behind Every Great Hero

July 10, 2024
Season 3
Episode 6
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The Mentor -- arguably the second most identified archetype from The Hero's Journey (after the eponymous hero). In his...

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Workshop: Renee Creates a Monster-Hero

July 3, 2024
Season 3
Episode 5
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Last episode we explored the concept of the hero archetype as presented in Christopher Vogler's The Writer's Journey. But...

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What Makes a Hero

June 25, 2024
Season 3
Episode 4
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Whether every protagonist is a Hero is open to debate (and debate it we do in this episode) but...

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Workshop: Mapping Kim’s Novel to the Hero’s Journey

June 20, 2024
Season 3
Episode 3
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Writing Workshop with Kim & ReneeThe Writer’s Journey Subscribe to our Newsletter The Hero’s Journey Study Guide The Writing...

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