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Description
How to create powerful narratives using the myths that link us all is the subject of this workshop, recorded live at a Writers' League of Texas seminar. The instructor, Christopher Vogler, was inspired by the mythic studies of Joseph Campbell and the depth psychology of Carl G. Jung. He wrote a seven-page memo of those concepts for the Walt Disney Company, where he was working as a story analyst. The memo was a hit and eventually became his best-selling book The Writer's Journey.
Vogler's live presentation on using classic structures found in mythology to drive stories walks both sides of a narrow line. Live presentations delivered in audiobook form either capture the dynamism of the subject matter or fail to convey a "must see" performance. Vogler delivers both. All storytellers can benefit from Vogler's lessons, yet an abridged, more thoughtful, delineation of his methods would serve better. Clocking in at three-plus hours, this book could easily be trimmed to less than two by excising needless repetition and collecting better real-life examples hidden in Vogler's meandering lecture. H.L.S. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
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All storytellers can benefit from Vogler's lessons.
About the Author
Christopher Vogler is a motion picture producer, a story consultant to major movie companies and the author of the hugely successful book The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers. His website is www.thewritersjourney.com.
Using Myth To Power Your Story
by Christopher Vogler
