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Title: The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers by Christopher Vogler ISBN: 0-941188-70-1 Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Pub. Date: November, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (57 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Eye-opening content
Comment: Rating System:
1 star = abysmal; some books deserve to be forgotten
2 star = poor; a total waste of time
3 star = good; worth the effort
4 star = very good; what writing should be
5 star = fantastic; must own it and share it with others
SYNOPSIS from back cover: Based on the work of Joseph Campbell, this book provides an insider's look at how writers (both fiction and non-fiction) can utilize mythic structure to create powerful narratives. Writers will discover step-by-step guidelines for structuring plots and creating realistic characters.
MY FEEDBACK:
First and foremost, this book delivered on what it said it would. The basic structure of a story along with essential and optional cast is presented here.
I really appreciated that Mr. Vogler kept things brief and to the point. Every section was only a paragraph or two and got to the meat of things. He didn't waste space with fifteen fillers as examples to support each and every point.
One of my writing groups recommended this as a great resource to keep handy and refer to at the beginning, middle and end of your story writing to ensure you have the essential ingredients in all marketable stories.
For those of you who hate any kind of structure that makes writing look like a formula, you need to open your mind. My two cents worth: If I'm going to spend the next several years or longer working on a novel (some of you know what I'm talking about) then I want to get some return for my effort. Mimicing some overall structure can only increase my chances of positive monetary return vs. a story that sits unpublished for my great great-grandchildren to read one day after I'm dead and gone. Hopefully you get my meaning. Get the book. It is a keeper.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best starter book for story writers today...
Comment: A lot of people want to write stories; screen plays, novels, kids books, comics, plays, etc. Now, Christopher Vogler has made a book that provides a basis from which to understand and breakdown existing stories and springboard you forward into your own projects. In short, this book takes a single, but thorough, distillation formula of stories as old as human storytelling and makes it understandable in stages, providing a wealth of reference to films and stories as it does so.
Many slag this book because it didn't make them any more creative, and didn't hand them THEIR vision on a plate. That isn't what this book is for: it helps you understand what makes other stories appeal to an inner human esthetic. From there, you can then use prudent ability and judgement to help make YOUR stories play better to a wider audience. 'Writer's Journey' won't write scripts for you- you still have to work. If you enjoy entertainment more then you can enjoy making entertainment, this book will seriously anger and diffuse your enjoyment because it reveals the magic behind the movies. To be able to utilize 'The Writer's Journey' properly you must still apply your own experience and imagination to your own story, and not just copy the formula presented.
Writing is hard work, and writing widely accepted work is extremely difficult. With information like this to create a foundation for understanding, you build your skills and improve your chances of success. It beats ignorance.
Rating: 5
Summary: Quite the Trip!
Comment: Gracious readers' of my various reviews must start to feel like confessors. I say this with tongue just half in cheek because it seems like some of my recent reviews have started with confessions haha. I confess this tome took me a while to finish. That was due to subjective reasons however and in no way is a reflection of Volger's work. In this resource/book Volger draws heavily on Joseph Campbell's THE POWER of MYTH so further his analogy that writing no matter what the medium is deeply indebted to Myths and archetypes. He then proceeds to define some common archetypal characters found in stage, screen, and in fiction. After presenting in layperson's terms the various archetypes found in these mediums Volgel then places them in context as how useful they are as tools to the aspiring writer and provides examples from classic and contemporary sources.
As I confessed this wasn't a breeze to read as far as I am concerned, in fact it uncharacteristically took me months to finish. This is not because Volger's book or journey was dry or pedantic, rather each unit or chapter was written to invite reflection, and for the really motivated exercises. I nibbled pieces of this rich offering happily allowing each chapter to be digested until I read more.
I am an aspiring writer(unpublished but hopefully not eternally unpublished teehee), yet am too subjective to state unequivicably rather this title helps me my writing, although I suspect it is inevitable that it will. I can say without doubt that reading Vogel's Writer's Journey I am a more enriched and discerning reader of other's fiction/plays/screenplays.
One last tidbit, although I have said Vogel refers to Campbell's THE POWER of MYTH frequently,in fact so much so that is in my TBR pile in VERY near future, that book is not a prerequisite for a fulfilling understanding of this one.
THE WRITERS JOURNEY is a trip that is infinite in page numbers but infinite in scope as far as its resourcefulness and prose goes. Don't want to end review with bad sentence structures hahar but oh well.
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Title: The Hero with a Thousand Faces (Mythos Books) by Joseph Campbell ISBN: 0691017840 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 March, 1972 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee ISBN: 0060391685 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 17 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Myth and the Movies: Discovering the Mythic Structure of 50 Unforgettable Films by Stuart Voytilla, Christopher Vogler ISBN: 0941188663 Publisher: Michael Wiese Productions Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Creating Unforgettable Characters by Linda Seger ISBN: 0805011714 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 July, 1990 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Art Of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri ISBN: 0671213326 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 15 February, 1972 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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