{"id":2589,"date":"2016-08-24T19:12:12","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T19:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/I-am-a-big-non-fan-of-the-Heros-Journey-in-large-part-because-its-overused-and-produces-a-lot-of-very-similar"},"modified":"2016-08-24T19:12:12","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T19:12:12","slug":"i-am-a-big-non-fan-of-the-heros-journey-in-large-part-because-its-overused-and-produces-a-lot-of-very-similar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/2016\/08\/24\/i-am-a-big-non-fan-of-the-heros-journey-in-large-part-because-its-overused-and-produces-a-lot-of-very-similar\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a big non-fan of the Hero&#8217;s Journey, in large part because it&#8217;s overused and produces a lot of very similar&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"        \n<p>I am a big non-fan of the Hero&#8217;s Journey, in large part because it&#8217;s overused and produces a lot of very similar stories with embedded assumptions that I think it&#8217;s past time to question. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This, however, is a form of refresh, and, if not followed as a rigid formula, could potentially give you a useful mythic story structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Originally shared by Andy Brokaw<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hero&#8217;s Journey can, of course, star a female lead. That&#8217;s not what the Heroine&#8217;s Journey is about. The second is about a more &#8220;feminine&#8221; plot arc than one sees in the first. If I were to develop the journeys anew, I think that I would use the words Physical and Spiritual rather than invoking gender. (Or perhaps Tangible and Intangible?)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Journeys can, and should, involve both action and emotion. But is the focus on battling the Empire or coming to personal terms with the Force?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>H\/t to Troy Campbell\u200b for pointing me to this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttp:\/\/mythcreants.com\/blog\/using-the-heroines-journey<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        I am a big non-fan of the Hero&#8217;s Journey, in large part because it&#8217;s overused and produces a lot of very similar&#8230;<br \/>\n       <a href=\"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/2016\/08\/24\/i-am-a-big-non-fan-of-the-heros-journey-in-large-part-because-its-overused-and-produces-a-lot-of-very-similar\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[68],"tags":[94],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2589\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}