by kirajswanson | Jan 6, 2022 | Archetypes
OK, now don’t get mad at me, but you’re probably a Prostitute. I don’t mean that people pay you to have sex with them. I mean it in a broader, archetypal sense. The Development of the Prostitute We all start playing the role of the Prostitute when we are very young....
by alkamy | Aug 2, 2021 | Archetypes
Anyone who has ever sought to change themselves has encountered the advice: “Know thyself.” It is perennial wisdom, espoused by the likes of Socrates, Shakespeare, Jung, and Pythagoras. In pursuit of that esteemed inner self-knowledge, people frequently turn to...
by alkamy | Mar 22, 2021 | Archetypes, Writing
Fiction writers are always trying to create characters who crackle with authenticity. We strive to create characters who are both familiar and at the same time unique. The familiar provides a sense of comfort and predictability which helps us understand a character at...
by alkamy | Oct 18, 2017 | Writing
Day 18: Archetypes Now that we have completed our exploration of plotting, I’d like to delve more deeply into the realm of the archetypes. Archetypes are universal ordering principles. They can be thought of as patterns of behaviors or clusters of attributes that tend...
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