Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
wishing for in the future. See if some patterns emerge. Are your wishes realistic?
W h a t happens when your wishes are granted? W h a t is keeping you from granting
your own wishes? Apply the same exercise to a character. W h a t is he or she wish
ing for? H o w do they convert wishing into will to achieve their goals?
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POLARITY
"Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness."
— W o o d y Allen
persistent feature of the Hero's Journey is that its stories
tend to be polarized like two essential forces o f nature,
electricity and m a g n e t i s m . L i k e them, stories create
energy or exert force through polarities that organize the
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