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The Heroine's Journey
Feb. 9th, 2024 06:27 amAt Capricon, I attended a panel called "the heroine's journey." The room was packed and the panel was eye-opening. I left the panel and immediately ordered my copy of the book The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture. It arrived yesterday and I started reading it last night.
First, the heroine doesn't have to be a female in this journey. Harry Potter is on a heroine's journey while Wonder Woman in the 2017 movie of the same name is on a hero's journey. So, two thoughts.
1) The book I just sold, Strawberry Gold, is a heroine's journey. In the heroine's journey, loss of family is the spur to action and the protagonist needs help from friends. Both of those are true with my book.
2) My current work-in-progress, a science fiction novel called Gunmaker, is probably a heroine's journey. I've been struggling with the story because I didn't know about this concept. Now I do.
In writing as in life, we should keep learning new stuff until we're dead.
First, the heroine doesn't have to be a female in this journey. Harry Potter is on a heroine's journey while Wonder Woman in the 2017 movie of the same name is on a hero's journey. So, two thoughts.
1) The book I just sold, Strawberry Gold, is a heroine's journey. In the heroine's journey, loss of family is the spur to action and the protagonist needs help from friends. Both of those are true with my book.
2) My current work-in-progress, a science fiction novel called Gunmaker, is probably a heroine's journey. I've been struggling with the story because I didn't know about this concept. Now I do.
In writing as in life, we should keep learning new stuff until we're dead.
