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 Catching up with fangirls and heroines around the web for the week of July 21st, 2012. . . . → Read More: Fangirls Around The Web: July 21, 2012  Leave a comment  Fangirl, Hunger Games, SciFi, Star Wars  Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Consetta Parker, Fangirls Around the Web, Her Universe, heroine, Heroine's Journey, Hunger Games, Jaina Solo, Jennifer Landa, Katie Cook, Katniss Everdeen, Legend of Korra, Maria Selke, Shea Standefer, Star Wars, Strwrsgrl  Over the last five days shock, anger, and disgust have been the predominant fandom emotions for many Expanded Universe fans, especially women. The silver lining is that airing the dirty laundry can become a positive point of change when it provides momentum for moving forward. . . . → Read More: Silver Linings and Moving Forward – Fangirls Find Their Voices  Why isn’t the existing Hero’s Journey model already good enough to use for heroine-centered stories? In this post, we address the three main problems we see in Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and its impact on storytelling, and how we hope to design the Heroine’s Journey model differently to avoid them. . . . → Read More: The Heroine’s Journey: How Campbell’s Model Doesn’t Fit 7 comments Fangirl, Fantasy, Hunger Games, SciFi, Star Wars, Storytelling and Writing, Superheroes Battlestar Galactica, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Hero's Journey, heroine, Heroine's Journey, Jaina Solo, Joseph Campbell, Katniss Everdeen, Matt Stover, monomyth, Once Upon a Time, Princess Leia Organa Solo, Seeking Strong Female Heroines, Star Wars, writing  This past Saturday, Nickelodeon premiered The Legend of Korra, a new animated series from the creators of the acclaimed Avatar: The Last Airbender. . . . → Read More: The Legend of Korra: Another Strong Female Heroine Hits Her Mark  What sets The Hunger Games apart from the rest of the field, though, is its lead character, Katniss Everdeen, and the skill with which Collins executes a novel trilogy centered around a young female lead. Where so many others have failed, or not even bothered to try, Collins not only creates a Strong Female Heroine, but also makes the story her Heroine’s Journey from impoverished nobody to national symbol. There are far too few stories of this kind in the genre – or anywhere else for that matter – even amid the prolific storytelling boom of recent years. For authors, screenwriters, and others struggling to figure out how to write better female characters and better female-centered stories, The Hunger Games has to be at the very top of the list to read, analyze, and learn from. . . . → Read More: Journey of a Strong Female Heroine: Katniss Everdeen  In The Hunger Games novel trilogy, Suzanne Collins created another fantastic example of an heroic story centered around one principal character, without losing touch with the role that teamwork and collaborative success play in human nature. In a very real sense, the trilogy is not the story of the rise and triumph of Katniss Everdeen, but rather the success of Team Katniss. . . . → Read More: Team Katniss: Collaborative Success in The Hunger Games  Last year the blog introduced the series Seeking Strong Female Heroines. This year we’re adding a complementary series: the Heroine’s Journey. . . . → Read More: The Heroine’s Journey: Defining Concepts The Life and Death of Padmé – Without Lore, Is It Just Lipservice for the Leading Lady of Star Wars?The reception of Darth Plagueis serves to illustrate one of the ways the EU can be used effectively to reach a broad range of fans, including those who aren’t necessarily EU-focused but would be interested in movie-focused stories. The still underdeveloped backstories of the saga’s two female leads, Padmé Amidala and Leia Organa, provide the perfect opportunity to bring depth to the EU lore while also tapping into the interests of female fans. . . . → Read More: The Life and Death of Padmé – Without Lore, Is It Just Lipservice for the Leading Lady of Star Wars?  The more I write, the more I’ve come to the determination that writers really do write what they know, and if you really want to know who you are, it’s as simple as looking back at what you’ve written. Ultimately that requires being critical of your flaws and weaknesses. And it’s true, self-awareness can be a bitch sometimes. When I started creating my heroine, Vespa Wynde, I realized that she, like me, would be defined by her family. Most importantly her parents – Daemyn Wynde and Utara Fireheart. . . . → Read More: Shaping a Heroine – A Father’s Daughter |
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