
Come Write With Us!
The Heroine's Journey: a 5 Week Course
Thu, 10 Jun
|Zoom (you don't need to download the app)
A fun, inspiring, online writing workshop where you can bring your own drink.


Time & Location
10 Jun 2021, 19:30 BST – 08 Jul 2021, 21:30 BST
Zoom (you don't need to download the app)
Guests
About the Event
Hi there!
Join us - whoever you are - and learn about the vibrant mythic tradition of the heroine's journey. Â
Write a story in 5 weeks, with a female, male, or non-binary character of your imaginative creation (don't worry - we'll help you with this!). Â
Learn about the ancient myths of the Egyptian Isis, the Greek Demeter and Persephone, and Inanna from ancient Sumeria. Â
Listen as we compare and contrast the likes of Wonder Woman and Star Wars, to Harry Potter and Twilight. Â
We'll be referring largely to Gail Carriger's book The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture. But we'll also be referring to Joseph Campbell and his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces, to demonstrate the difference between traditional conceptions of the hero and the heroine. Â
Each week, we'll set you on a variety of creative writing exercises, to help you conceive a character, write scenes, and plot the various stages in your heroine's journey. Â
FYI: in this tradition, Harry Potter is considered to be a Heroine, while Wonder Woman is considered a Hero. It's not the gender of the character that matters, it's what they do. Neither does your character have to be a HEROINE in the super-hero(ine) sense; they can be just a regular old Jo(anna) - it's up to you.
We'll give you the knowledge and theory, and you can play with your own ideas, using the journey as a basic blueprint for a compelling new narrative. Â
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No pressure to read out loud. Â
No experience of writing is necessary. Â
We'll never put you on the spot to present ideas in front of the group. Â
You don't even need an idea! Â
Just sit back, listen, learn, and make serious headway with a new, substantial piece of writing before the course is up. Â
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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact Sean, the organizer, and he'll be happy to help.
*Note: the dates for this course are (Thursdays) the 10th, 17th, 24th of June, and the 1st and 8th July, always between 7:30 - 9:30pm. Â
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