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[lishesquex]

Today was a semi-frustrating day at work, again due to unnecessary meetings with parents.  I don't even want to go into it.

But there was a cool thing.  The cool thing was that I had lunch with the library staff and the visiting author, Myke Bartlett.  In the session he had with my class, he talked about "The Hero's Journey", which was interesting.  In my head, I was applying it to my forever-unwritten Viking story.  One day, I will write it.  In the mean time, here is a diagram:



He used lots of pop culture references like Star Wars and LOTR and Harry Potter to explain it to the kids.  They were young enough for Harry Potter but I think I was the only one who was geeking out about the other stuff.

Anyway, I enjoyed lunch with Myke and the librarians.  They're my kind of people.  It was nice to step into a different world for a while and take a breather.

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[jailbaitjello.livejournal.com]

Erm, you've come across the hero's journey before, right? Joseph Campbell, Hero with a Thousand Faces, and whatnot.

[lishesque.livejournal.com]

I haven't! But Myke Bartlett talked about it in his session with the students and I wrote down some notes. So now I have come across it.