Brooke Green
11/17/08

CO 122: Analytic and Persuasive Writing
Annotated Bibliography # 11
Prof. Kathleen Robinson
Fall 2008


Vogler, Christopher. “Epilogue: Looking back on the journey. The Writers Journey: Mythic Structure For Writers. Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007. 293-312.

Summary:

In this chapter Vogler briefly goes over the writers journey, and how important the act of writing really is. He talks about how much we can learn about ourselves, and how much knowledge we can gain through the writing process. Stories can help to express feeling we are experiencing on the inside, and help us solve problems. Vogler talks about how life-changing words can be like “I do.” Words are so powerful so we should use them to our full advantage. Vogler then compares writers and shamans. Vogler states that “stories are alive,” and that good stories tell an inner and an outer story, He then tells the story of Rumpelstiltskin. In stories the hero usually begin out by wanting something to change, and wishing for something. This brings wants vs. needs into the scenario. Not only is the hero of the story wishing for something to happen, but the audience is wishing for a certain outcome too. Throughout the story the wishing turns into willing, and this is when the hero is actually able to make things happen, instead of just wanting them to happen on their own.

Reaction:

I like how it talked about wishing of both the hero and the audience, and agree with this. I also like that the transition is made from wishing to willing, and that the hero starts to realize in order to change and make something happen you have to be motivated and take things into your own hands. If you sit around and just wait for things to happen they never will, and your journey will never get started.

Questions:

1. By wishing something to happen and taking action in doing it, does this take away fate?

2. Is the wish of the hero almost always answered?

3. Name a movie where the wish of the hero was completely different from the outcome they were given.