About the Book:
Mythic Structure for Writers....
See why The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler has become an international best seller and a true classic.
First published in 1992, The Writer's Journey explores the powerful relationship between mythology and storytelling in a clear, concise style that's made it required reading for movie executives, screenwriters, playwrights, scholars, and fans of pop culture all over the world.
Both fiction and nonfiction writers will discover a set of useful myth-inspired storytelling paradigms (i.e., The Hero's Journey) and step-by-step guidelines to plot and character development.
Based on the work of Joseph Campbell, The Writer's Journey is a must for all writers interested in further developing their craft.
The updated and revised third edition provides new insights and observations from Christopher Vogler's ongoing work on mythology's influence on stories, movies, and man himself.
What people say:
"The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler is now available in an updated and expanded third edition and continues to justifiably lay claim to being one of the most relied upon and influential instructional reference works for aspiring writers — especially screenwriters. Drawing from the late Joseph Campbell's groundbreaking work, Vogler explores the historic and fundamental relationship between modern storytelling and classical mythology, and in the process reveals a set of useful myth-inspired storytelling paradigms, as well as step-by-step guidelines to plot and character development. This newest edition of a writer's reference classic includes a revised chapter that looks back on the 'Star Wars' phenomenon and an analysis of all six of the feature films as an epic on the theme of father-son relationships. There are new illustrations and diagrams providing additional perspectives to mythic principles. Of special note is the final chapter 'Trust the Path', an inspiring call to adventure for those aspiring writers seeking to discover themselves through their writing. A basic component of any personal, professional, academic, or community library basic writing reference collection, The Writer's Journey will now be of benefit to a whole new generation of movie executives, screenwriters, playwrights, literary critics, academic scholars, writers of fiction and non-fiction, students of pop culture, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the adaptation of ancient myth to contemporary storytelling." — Mid-West Book Review
"This book is like having the smartest person in the story meeting come home with you and whisper what to do in your ear as you write a screenplay. Insight for insight, step for step, Chris Vogler takes us through the process of connecting theme to story and making a script come alive." — Lynda Obst, Producer: Sleepless in Seattle, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.
"This is a book about the stories we write, and perhaps more importantly, the stories we live. It is the most influential work I have yet encountered on the art, nature, and the very purpose of storytelling." — Bruce Joel Rubin, Screenwriter: Ghost, Stuart Little 2, Deep Impact, Jacob's Ladder
About the Author:
Christopher Vogler is a top story analyst and consultant to major movie companies. His book The Writer's Journey has been translated into ten languages and is one of the top-selling screenwriting manuals in the world. He is also known as a teacher and lecturer, beginning with the UCLA Extension Writers Program and then developing workshops that he has presented all over the U.S. and around the world.