In his sub-chapter “Refusal of the Call (The Reluctant Hero) Christopher Vogler writes: “This one is about fear. Often at this point the hero balks at the threshold of adventure, Refusing the Call or expressing reluctance. After all, she is facing the greatest of all fears, terror of the unknown. The hero has not yet […]
Your True Voices
“Absolute vulnerability means opening yourself up. Perhaps a better way of phrasing it is letting things go. You let your masks go. Your suits of armor. Your persona of who you think you ought to be, or who you think others believe you to be” (The Writing Warrior: Discovering the Courage to Free Your True […]
A Question of Heart
“A gifted young woman writes a poem. It is rejected. She does not write another for perhaps two years, perhaps all her life” (If You Want To Write by Brenda Ueland, p.8). Are all writers this sensitive? Maybe. Maybe not. Is this even the right question to be asking? One answer that Ueland has for […]
Should I Leave a Trace?
The title of the book Leaving a Trace by Alexandra Johnson makes me pause to contemplate its multiple meanings. The word “trace” strikes me initially as a faint line, a light imprint, not of much importance. Should I take my life lightly? Is my life story not important? Is my story lost in a multitude of […]