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Are you a writer hoping to deepen the mythic impact of your story? Do you feel that your Hero’s Journey has drifted off the track? The Scribbler’s Guide to the Land of Myth is the book that will help you enrich the mythic power of your story. A detailed explanation of the variations in the Hero’s Journey, an expanded list of character archetypes, and discussions of the symbolic meanings of time, seasons, weather and landscape, all make this book a useful reference for all writers. Author Sarah Beach applies her background in literary scholarship to the subject of mythic symbolism in stories, and provides an accessible and lively guide to the true nature of mythic resonance in storytelling. Using examples from film and television, she shows timeless mythic patterns at work in ways any writer can grasp. Organized on the model of tour books, The Scribbler’s Guide to the Land of Myth will help writers navigate their story through the symbolic possibilities.
Pagan News Review by BrePhoenix
About the author: Sarah Beach is both a writer and artist. She lives and works in California and often travels to Art/Comic conventions. She is friends with another writer friend of mine as well as a friend of my husband's via internet. She worked for 18 years on the research team of Jeopardy!.
"Unpack the baggage"
If you like to tell stories, Miss Beach encourages you to tell it. She says that if you have a story to tell, then there is someone who wants to hear it.
This book is written by a Christian author who loves mythology and "the old God and Goddesses". Its a challenging read but worth it.
There are tips in here on everything from the history of the myths to how to write about these journeys.
The layout of the book is much like a traveler's guide: the sections, [i][b]Going on the Journey, Transportation, Time of Travel, Local Residents, Landscape and Theme Parks, [/b][/i], tell you how to layout your plans, what techniques to use to get there, the time frame of the story, the popualtion of the story (creation of characters) and then the place and interests of the areas written about.
I enjoyed this book tremendously and I can't say that I am "through" reading it. It is a very good tool, I think, for the aspiring writer of which there are several in my circle of friends.
