Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
quest. Used wisely, these ancient tools of the storytellers craft still have tremendous
power to heal our people and make the world a better place.
M y own Writer's Journey begins with the peculiar power storytelling has
always had over me. I got hooked on the fairy tales and Litde Golden Books read out
loud by my mother and grandmother. I devoured the cartoons and movies pouring
out of T V in the 1 9 5 0 s , the thrilling adventures on the drive-in screens, the lurid
comic books and mind-stretching science fiction of the day. W h e n I was laid up with
a sprained ankle, my father went to the local library and brought back wonder stories
of Norse and Celtic mythology that made me forget the pain.
A trail of stories eventually led me to reading for a living as a story analyst for
Hollywood studios. T h o u g h I evaluated thousands of novels and screenplays, I never
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