I hope you take up your pen and write along with me, even if you only have 15 minutes! This week I started out by creating a Heroine Frame for the main character from last week’s Write With Me. A Heroine Frame is a one-page character building method I teach in How to Be the… Read More
As promised, here is the 2nd and final part of my exploration of The Fool’s Journey and how the archetypal and mythical elements, and the universal imagery of the Major Arcana of the Tarot can be helpful for writers in developing character, world and story. Please read Part 1 first. If you feel the need to take notes, might I… Read More
What is the Fool’s Journey? The ‘Fool’s Journey’ is the term coined by Eden Gray to describe the story of the Major Arcana of the Tarot. Unfortunately, Gray’s own account of the journey is merely a rushed appendix to A Complete Guide to the Tarot, and in the absence of an “authoritative” version (if it isn’t a fool’s journey… Read More
Creative Writer Worksheet – Personal Archetypes (PDF) Perhaps it’s my tendency to categorisation, but I often notice that the people I meet fall into patterns, and as I accumulate experiences, I fall into patterns of responses towards them. I admit that there is a danger when categorising people, that you’ll do them an injustice, and… Read More
PIN TO READ LATER Have you ever stood at the edge of an unlit sea at night, and looked out into its blackness? Whether you were in a busy restaurant or walking alone on the sands or even floating on top of the water, I’m sure you contemplated that space where the sea-sky was and… Read More