Philo
The Writer’s Journey
-I came to believe that the Hero’s Journey is nothing less than a handbook for life, a complete instruction manual in the art of being human
-the Hero’s Journey is not an invention, but an observation. It is a recognition of a beautiful design, a set of principles that govern the conduct of life and the world of storytelling the way physics and chemistry govern the physical world
-from this model, infinite and highly varied copies can be produced, each resonating with the essential spirit of the form
-the Hero’s Journey is a pattern that seems to extend in many dimensions, describing more than one reality. It accurately describes, among other things, the process of making a journey, the necessary working parts of a story, the joys and despairs of being a writer, and the passage of a soul through life
-Joseph Campbell’s great accomplishment was to articulate clearly something that had been there all along - the life principles embedded in the structure of stories
-the self-conscious, heavy-handed use of this model can be boring and predictable. But if writers absorb its ideas and re-create them with fresh insights and surprising combinations, they can make amazing new forms and original designs from the ancient, immutable parts
-at the core of every artist is a sacred place where all the rules are set aside or deliberately forgotten, and nothing matters but the instinctive choices of the heart and soul of the artist
-a certain amount of form is necessary to reach a wide audience. People expect it and enjoy it, so long as it’s varied by some innovative combination or arrangement and doesn’t fall into a completely predictable formula
-taking this metaphorical system too literally, or arbitrarily imposing its forms on every story can be stultifying. It should be used as a form, not a formula, a reference point and a source of inspiration, not a dictatorial mandate
-the Hero’s Journey has been criticized as an embodiment of a
-I came to believe that the Hero’s Journey is nothing less than a handbook for life, a complete instruction manual in the art of being human
-the Hero’s Journey is not an invention, but an observation. It is a recognition of a beautiful design, a set of principles that govern the conduct of life and the world of storytelling the way physics and chemistry govern the physical world
-from this model, infinite and highly varied copies can be produced, each resonating with the essential spirit of the form
-the Hero’s Journey is a pattern that seems to extend in many dimensions, describing more than one reality. It accurately describes, among other things, the process of making a journey, the necessary working parts of a story, the joys and despairs of being a writer, and the passage of a soul through life
-Joseph Campbell’s great accomplishment was to articulate clearly something that had been there all along - the life principles embedded in the structure of stories
-the self-conscious, heavy-handed use of this model can be boring and predictable. But if writers absorb its ideas and re-create them with fresh insights and surprising combinations, they can make amazing new forms and original designs from the ancient, immutable parts
-at the core of every artist is a sacred place where all the rules are set aside or deliberately forgotten, and nothing matters but the instinctive choices of the heart and soul of the artist
-a certain amount of form is necessary to reach a wide audience. People expect it and enjoy it, so long as it’s varied by some innovative combination or arrangement and doesn’t fall into a completely predictable formula
-taking this metaphorical system too literally, or arbitrarily imposing its forms on every story can be stultifying. It should be used as a form, not a formula, a reference point and a source of inspiration, not a dictatorial mandate
-the Hero’s Journey has been criticized as an embodiment of a