This week’s episode continues our deeper and richer analysis of the stages of the Greatest Plot Structure in the World for Writers: the Archetypal Story Pattern.

Stage 3 is the Refusal of the Call, which is just as necessary as the destruction that occurs in Stage 2, Call to Adventure.

Stage 4 presents one of the most intriguing and labyrinthine characters in the story realm: the Mentor.

Got those loins girded? We’re delving ever deeper into ASP.

TIMINGS

• 00:00 Welcome


• 00:39 Introduction


• 01:13 Stage 3 / Only Fools Rush In


• 03:44 Don’t Neglect the Evil


• 04:07 Jobs Not Yet Done


• 05:05 Five Psychological Stages to Maturity


• 08:02 Analysis of ROC through Example


• 11:20 Stage 4 / Wiser Eyes


• 16:47 When Mentors Become More


• 19:22 Initiation and Transformation


• 21:12 Last Words and Closing

Total Run Time: 22:53

Examples from Dorothy Johnson’s short story “A Man Called Horse”, the film Taken, the Star Wars canon, the Harry Potter series, and Jane Austen’s Persuasion.

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LINKS

Link to “A Man Called Horse” by Dorothy Johnson (various pdfs are available online. This is a link to the story online.) A Man Called Horse ______ Dorothy M. Johnson – My Favorite Westerns

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https://books2read.com/u/bOJK6K

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Trailer https://youtu.be/hTVQn92kNBk