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2 unusual facts about The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers


The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers

The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers is a popular screenwriting textbook by writer Christopher Vogler, focusing on the theory that most stories can be boiled down to a series of narrative structures and character archetypes, described through mythological allegory.

The second was Bill Moyers' series of seminal interviews with Campbell, released in 1988 as the documentary (and companion book) The Power of Myth.


Amy-Joyce Hastings

In 1998 she was shortlisted for the title role in a film -adapted from another William Trevor novel- Felicia's Journey, directed by Atom Egoyan.

Anthems of Rebellion

The song, "Silent Wars," is featured in the 2005 documentary, Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.

Brad Schreiber

Christopher Vogler, author of the internationally renowned story structure book The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers, asked Schreiber in 1999 to take on the position of Vice President of Storytech Literary Consulting.

Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey

'Warrior's Journey' is a documentary in its own right, but it can be found as a bonus feature on the release of the 2004 edition of Enter the Dragon on DVD along with the documentary, Bruce Lee: The Curse of the Dragon.

Captain Fracassa's Journey

A ramshackle theater company of Commedia dell'arte (Comedy of Art) is to roam vast and boundless territories to reach the court of Louis XIV.

In fact, a member of the company is seriously ill and so the actor who plays Punch (Troisi) tells how it all took place in a traveler who sees the bandwagon.

David Sherlock

He also co-wrote Jake's Journey (a 1988 television pilot for CBS which featured Peter Cook, Chapman and others), which was never broadcast.

Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey

The film shows the band during the Revelation Tour in the United States, and Pineda's homecoming in Manila, Philippines where they performed in front of 25,000 people.

Double Harness

Among the titles are Rafter Romance (1933) with Ginger Rogers, Double Harness, The Right to Romance (1933), One Man's Journey (1933) with Lionel Barrymore, Stingaree (1934), Living on Love (1937), and A Man to Remember (1938).

Gruber's Journey

In September 2007, scenes were shot at the North railway station in Suceava.

Gunfighter

Other western genre themed manga and anime includes Cowboy Bebop and Kino's Journey, both who incorporate knight-errant adventure themes.

Hate Crew Deathroll

"Needled 24/7" also featured on the heavy metal documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.

Jaspa's Journey- The Great Migration

Jaspa's Journey—The Great Migration is a children's fantasy adventure written by Dr. Rich Meyrick and published in 2009 by DreamCatcher Publishing in Saint John, New Brunswick.

José and Pilar

It gathers sequences from Madrid to Helsinki to Rio de Janeiro and covers Jose and Pilar's life in Lanzarote, their trips around the world (presenting José's books, signing autographs, making speeches) and their most simple, transient and quotidian moments, as for during the period José writes his "The Elephant's Journey".

Long Day's Journey

The electro-kinetic cat burglar-for-hire, Gwen Raiden, returns and reluctantly helps Angel and the group after they discover that the Beast is searching for five mystical Totems in order to block out sunlight from Los Angeles so that all demons and vampires can roam freely.

Needing to find and protect at least one of the two remaining totems, Angel suggests he and Gwen go find Semkhet in Death Valley.

Necrobutcher

He, along with Mayhem guitarist Blasphemer, is featured in the documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey at Wacken Open Air, in which Stubberud gives a drunken and profane interview to Sam Dunn.

Suceava North railway station

On September 11, 2007, the Iţcani station was chosen to be a filming site of a movie sequence from Gruber's Journey, directed by Radu Gabrea, which starred Romanian actors Florin Piersic Jr. and Claudiu Bleonț, as well as German actor Udo Schenk.

Sverd i fjell

Sam Dunn filmed on location at Sverd i fjell while he was touring Norway doing interviews for Metal: A Headbanger's Journey.

The Writer

The Writer's current editorial board consists of James Applewhite, Andre Becker, T. Alan Broughton, Eve Bunting, Mary Higgins Clark, Roy Peter Clark, Barnaby Conrad, Lewis Burke Frumkes, James Cross Giblin, Gail Godwin, Eileen Goudge, Rachel Hadas, Shelby Hearon, John Jakes, John Koethe, Lois Lowry, Peter Meinke, Robert B. Parker, Katherine Patterson, Elizabeth Peters, Arthur Plotnik, and William G. Tapply.

The Writer's Almanac

In 2005 the program was briefly cancelled by Kentucky public radio station WUKY due to concerns about purportedly indecent content in some of the poems read on the program.

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey

The story is told through interviews with collaborators and friends such as Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jon Voight, John Schlesinger and with clips from Salt's films, chiefly Midnight Cowboy.

West Virginia Route 2

The poem was featured on the October 26, 2006 edition of The Writer's Almanac radio program.


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