Episode 101: The Heroine's Journey

Notes:

Here’s are some of the versions of the Heroine’s Journey that we looked at:

Victoria Lynn Schmidt’s Heroine’s Journey Arc - https://heroinejourneys.com/heroine-journey-ii/

Maureen Murdock’s Heroine’s Journey Arc - https://heroinejourneys.com/heroines-journey/

Here’s a good description on the Hero’s Journey from Reedsy:

Hero's Journey 101 - https://blog.reedsy.com/guide/story-structure/heros-journey/

The Verbivore reads a quote attributed to Joseph Campbell in reaction to Maureen Murdock’s Heroine’s Journey arc. Here is what is reported that he said:

When she showed it to Campbell in 1983, Campbell reportedly said, “Women don’t need to make the journey. In the whole mythological journey, the woman is there. All she has to do is realize that she’s the place that people are trying to get to.” - Taken from https://heroinejourneys.com/heroines-journey/

The Verbivore referenced the Fairytale Heroine’s journey that has different beats to it. Here is some information of that:

https://theodoragoss.com/2017/04/03/mapping-the-fairy-tale-heroines-journey/

Fable referenced the Maiden’s journey and the Virgin’s promise story arcs. Here is some information no those:

The Maiden’s Arc - https://www.helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/archetypal-character-arcs-pt-2-the-maiden-arc/

The Virgin’s Promise - https://storygrid.com/heroines-journey/

The Verbivore quoted Pia Jones’ Ted Talk titled “The Heroine's Journey Through Transition”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cgaZElnp-4

Here is that full quote:

“We need heroic tools that can take us inside. By inside tools, I mean ones that can take us beneath the surface into a descent beneath what we think we know. Into our internal landscapes to give attention and attend to those mysterious, invisible yet natural processes of change that happen deep inside us. And the point of going here? To let go of the outdated, the outworn and come back with a gift - insight, hope, a dream, a new perspective, a new attitude, a stronger connection to our intuition.”

The Verbivore read a paraphrase of a quote from Abraham Maslow. Here is the actual quote and the article she’s reference:

“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”

We consulted many resources while prepping for this episode, here are a few:

The Heroine Journey Project - https://heroinejourneys.com/

The Heroine’s Journey: Examples, Archetypes, and Infographic - https://storygrid.com/heroines-journey/

Undertaking the Heroine’s Journey in Fantasy Books - https://pagesbelowvaultedsky.wordpress.com/2018/04/24/the-heroines-journey-in-fantasy-books/

The Heroine’s Journey - The movie “Mulan” as a case study - https://bradleyharper.medium.com/the-heroines-journey-1551d80aa55d

The Heroine’s journey in Brave - http://sanhaia.weebly.com/blog/the-heroines-journey-in-brave-2012

Neo’s Heroine’s Journey - http://thinkspiritual.ca/the-matrix-neo-the-heroine

Pia Jones’ Ted Talk titled “The Heroine's Journey Through Transition”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cgaZElnp-4

The Heroine’s Journey | The Bone Circle by Bridget Finklaire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkDZQUbkdpU&list=PLK-VmT9palrS419UeFUMLsxFWZA6aVyxS&index=3

The Hero’s Journey | The Bone Circle by Bridget Finklaire - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LFzVLudxYo

Why Screenwriters Should Embrace The Heroine's Journey - https://screencraft.org/2017/06/18/how-screenwriters-can-embrace-the-heroines-journey/

This is why the hero’s journey is outdated as a creative tool for writers - https://medium.com/swlh/the-heros-journey-is-outdated-as-a-creative-tool-for-writers-d88461f3ed5f

Books Mentioned:

The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell

The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness by Maureen Murdock

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

45 Master Characters: Mythic Models for Creating Original Characters, Revised Edition by Victoria Lynn Schmidt

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

The Divergent Trilogy by Veronica Roth

The Shadow and Bone Trilogy Boxed Set: Shadow and Bone, Siege and Storm, Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo

Movies Mentioned:

Mulan (Animated) - Directed by Barry Cook and Tony Bancroft

Brave (Animated) - Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman

Wonder Woman - Directed by Patty Jenkins

The Matrix Trilogy - Directed by The Wachowskis

Divergent - Directed by Neil Burger and Robert Schwentke

Music from: https://filmmusic.io
’Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)