for writers…the end of the hero’s journey

Well, Little Shane from Maine, it’s time to Return Home. You still have a few motifs to demonstrate. Shane wanders around and around and around the traffic round-about… until he moseys into a warehouse, where the Unfettered Routing of Provolone Society  (URPS) has convened for their bi-annual semi-pro invitational confab. “Oh, the unbelievable coincidence, that [...]

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for writers…the hero confronts the evil one

Shane has had it up to here. It’s time to confront the Evil One Get the supply of provolone flowing again, the way God meant it to.  He and Luigi make their way to the Evil One’s lair, or Inmost Cave. The horror! Luigi takes Shane to Mousealini’s office in the Palazzo del Governo, on [...]

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for writers: the hero journeys through the magical woods and finds…motifs

Poor, poor Shane from Maine.  He’s been stuck on those Spanish steps for months. Get up, Bucko, it’s time to journey. First, our hero must become wise in the ways of the Magical Woods.  Like most of us, he’s got to learn through trial and error. (Better known as “ the hard way“.)  He will [...]

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