Joseph Campbell’s analysis of the archetypal hero’s journey inspired George Lucas to write Star Wars and led to a widespread use of the pattern by scriptwriters and story analysts in Hollywood. But anyone telling a longform story can benefit from close study of the model. The Hero’s Journey offers writers a useful skeleton or framework for their plots, but it also suggests ways that characters may be transformed during their adventures, and even posits some of the ultimate meanings characters discover along the way.

In this class, participants will learn how this pattern might help you write your best novel, how the pattern can be reshaped to suit your purposes, and what kinds of stories don’t fit the pattern.

TAKE THIS CLASS IF

• You’re writing a novel or memoir that feels in need of meaning and emotional impact.
• You want to adapt one of the most popular narrative structures to your own work.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

Greg Garrett is the author of over twenty books of fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, including the acclaimed novels Free Bird, Cycling, Shame, and The Prodigal. He teaches fiction writing and screenwriting at Baylor University, where he has received numerous teaching honors, and has offered highly-rated classes for the Writers League for over a decade.